School Appeals Enquiry

Timetable for appeals administered by School Admissions and Pupil Placements

Deadline for submitting appeals is 15 April 2013.

NB Appeals received after this date may not be heard until September 2013.

Date by which on time appeals will be heard: 18 June 2013

If you are appealing for a school place for a child in any other year group, or for a Year 7 place after the start of the school year, there is no deadline for submitting your appeal. However, please note that it can take up to 6 weeks for appeal hearings to be scheduled.

Approximately 0.5% of appeals for entry to Reception Class in September 2012 were successful. Overall, around 1.5% of all appeals for primary school places, heard in 2011/12, were upheld.

Deadline for submitting appeals administered by School Admissions and Pupil Placements is: 21 May 2013.

NB Appeals received after this date may not be heard until September 2013.

Date by which on time appeals will be heard: 23 July 2013.

Please note the important information below about appeals for infant classes.

If you are appealing for a school place for a child in any other year group, or for a Reception Class place after the start of the school year, there is no deadline for submitting your appeal. However, please note that it can take up to 6 weeks for appeal hearings to be scheduled.

If you are appealing for a school place for a child in any other year group, or for a Reception Class or Year 7 place after the start of the school year, there is no deadline for submitting your appeal.

However, please note that it can take up to 6 weeks for appeal hearings to be scheduled.

The statutory limit on class sizes in infant classes restricts the circumstances in which an Appeal Panel may uphold an appeal where the admission, would exceed the class size limit of 30 pupils with a single qualified teacher. For Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, an Appeal Panel can only uphold an appeal if it is satisfied that:

• your child would have been offered a place if the published admission arrangements had been properly implemented

Or

• your child would have been offered a place if the arrangements had not been contrary to the school admissions code and the legislation

Or

• the decision was not one which a reasonable admission authority would make in the circumstances of the case

Please note that while you may talk about personal factors at an infant class appeal hearing, the Appeal Panel cannot take personal factors into account unless they are relevant to one of the three points above.

If you want to appeal against a decision not to offer your child a place at a voluntary aided or foundation primary school or at an academy, you should write to the Chair of the Governors at that school or academy.

You should contact the following primary schools and academies directly if you wish to appeal.

If the primary school or academy you wish to appeal for is not listed above, you should complete the appeal form available on this page and return it to the School Admissions and Pupil Placements Service. (See contact detail in the essential information section)

To appeal against a decision not to offer your child a place at a voluntary aided or foundation secondary school or at an academy, you should write to the Chair of the Governors at that school or academy.

You should contact the following secondary schools and academies directly if you wish to appeal.

If the secondary school or academy you wish to appeal for is not listed above, you should complete the appeal form available on this page and return it to the School Admissions and Pupil Placements Service. (See contact detail in the essential information section)

Appeals for any of the King Edward Grammar Schools should be made to:

The Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham
Foundation Office
Edgbaston Park Road
Birmingham
B15 2UD

School Admissions and Pupil Placement Service

Email:
admissions@birmingham.gov.uk

Telephone:
0121 675 0555

Post:
School Admission and Pupil Placement Service
PO Box 16513
Birmingham
B2 2FF

Opening Hours:
Monday to Thursday: 8.45 am to 5.15 pm
Friday: 8.45 am to 4.15 pm
Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays: Closed

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