Appeals

APPEAL DATES & INFORMATION ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026:

Kent Test results for 2025/2026 Secondary admissions issued 17/10/2024:

Just a well done to your child for whatever their results were. If your child was successful then please put us down as first choice on your form. If not successful, and you want to appeal then please put us down as a choice and you will be able to appeal when schools are allocated in March. If you do not put us down as any of the choices you will not be able to appeal.

 

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. In accordance with the 2022 School Admission Appeals Code, the admission authority and panels have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online.

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 highly recommended 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 state the grounds of your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you give the grounds of 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 using 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 28 February 2025.

The timetable for appeals is as follows: -

The timetable for ‘IN-YEAR’ appeals
Last day for lodging appeal forms	20 School days after the decision letter informing you that you had 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 20 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 apply for any summer transfer appeals into Year 7.
Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel	Due to the high number of appeals, an email is sent a few working days after your hearing with the decision of the panel.  This is followed up around 10 working days later with a letter outlining the panels’ reasons.
The timetable for SIXTH FORM appeals
Last day for Lodging appeals		4pm on Wednesday 28 August 2024 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard on Friday 30 August 2024. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal on the online form and supply any documentary evidence at this stage to include 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 on Thursday 22 August 2024. Click here for the Sixth Form appeal form.  If this link does not work, it means you are too late to appeal.
Appeal dates		The appeal will be heard on FRIDAY 30 AUGUST 2024.