Detailed guidance on school admission appeals
8. Start an appeal
Submit an appeal with the Online appeal form
Please note that if you are appealing for a voluntary-aided (faith) school, you need to appeal directly to the school.
To submit an appeal in a paper format, please see our guidance on making an appeal.
Independent advice on making an appeal
Coram Children’s Legal Centre provides a Child Law Advice Service which can help you prepare your appeal.
Statutory guidance on school admissions and appeals:
School admissions code – GOV.UK
School admission appeals code – GOV.UK
Queries
We can’t advise you on the content of your appeal, but we can answer questions.
If you didn’t find the answer to your question on our pages, use our enquiry form.
Don’t use the enquiry form to submit your appeal.