Appeal Dates & Information 2025/2026

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. Appeals for In year admissions are held online.   

Please note that you can only appeal if you have been refused a place in writing after making a formal application.  The links below are NOT application forms.

If you wish to appeal against a decision to refuse a place in Reception or years 1 and 2, please use this link or type www.edap.link/myinfantschoolappeal in the URL address line.

If you wish to appeal against a decision to refuse a place in years 3 – 6 use this link to complete your appeal online or type www.edap.link/myschoolappeal in the URL address line.

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.

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 Primary transfer appeals will be posted on this website before 28 February 2026.

 

The timetable for appeals is as follows: -