Appeal Dates & Information

If you have not been offered a place following an in year application, the law entitles you to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. All appeals will be heard online which has the advantage that your appeal can be heard from your home or place of work.   

If you wish to appeal, please use this link to complete your appeal online. Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form. Booklet Link  

You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school, but on different forms.

Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months.  If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.

If you wish to contact the clerk – email :  clerk@educationappeals.com

Information about Secondary Transfer appeals will be posted on this website before 28th February 2025

The timetable for 'in-year' appeals is as follows:-

Last day for lodging appeal forms	20 School days after the decision letter informing you that you have not been offered a place.
Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel	At least 10 school days before the hearing. This MAY be emailed. All in-year appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal form being lodged.
Closing date for any additional supporting evidence	FIVE working days before your hearing. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please email files to clerk@educationappeals.com Please note that slightly different rules will
Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel	Due to the high number of appeals held an email is sent a few working days after your hearing with the decision of the independent appeal panel. This is followed up around 10 working days later with a letter outlining the panels' reasons

Timetable for appeals for the 6th form is as follows:-

Last day for Lodging appeals

4pm on Thursday 29 August 2024 to guarantee that your  appeal will be heard within the first weeks of September. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal on the online form and supply any documentary evidence at this stage e.g. a copy of your result sheet. Please note the timetable is very short to enable those  appellants who win appeals to start as early into the school year as possible. The form will only be available from results day. Click here for the 6th form appeal form. If this link does not work, it means you are too late to appeal.

Appeal date

The appeal will be heard in late August 2024 if you are an internal candidate or are known not to have met the criteria. The appeal will be heard in the month of September 2024 if you are an external candidate.