These statistics provide information about appeals made following the refusal of a school place application.

Most appeals are made relating to an application through the annual coordinated admissions process for entry into primary or secondary school but appeals relating to other transfers at the start of the school year are included.

The latest data covers appeals relating to admissions at the start of the 2020 to 2022 academic year. The appeals must have been lodged within the relevant year, with the appropriate admissions authority by the 1st September.

The figures detail the number of appeals lodged, heard (by an appeals panel) and successful. Appeal rates are calculated on the number of new admissions or, for successful appeals, the number heard.

The DfE figures available are provided by school phase, with primary schools split into infant and other primary classes where appropriate. The data is further divided by governance or, separately, broken down by national, regional and local authority level.


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