Appeal against a decision to refuse your child a school place
Your child will not be offered a place at any of the schools you have applied for if the school(s) are full with other children who more fully meet their admissions criteria.
You have the right to appeal for a place at any school you have applied for that has refused your child admission.
To decide if you have a good chance of your appeal being successful, you should consider whether:
- you have been realistic in the school preferences you put forward for your child
- you have genuine reasons why your child should attend a particular school
- your child would be disadvantaged by not attending a particular school
- there are exceptional circumstances preventing your child from attending the school offered or any of the available alternative schools
- a mistake has been made in how your application was dealt with, which meant that your child was not offered a place
- you have any evidence or documents to demonstrate the point(s) that you are making
| Stage of education | Birmingham Local Authority* % | National % |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | 4.7% | 17.7% |
| Secondary | 8.8% | 19.9% |
| Stage of education | Birmingham Local Authority* % | National % |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | 4.4% | 18.1% |
| Secondary | 6.5% | 20.7% |
| Stage of education | Birmingham Local Authority* % | National % |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | 5.4% | 16.4% |
| Secondary | 7% | 20.9% |
*For all appeals presented by Birmingham Local Authority.
Before submitting your appeal form, check which schools Birmingham City Council manages appeals for.
If you submit an appeal form for schools Birmingham City Council does not manage, your appeal will not be processed.
List of schools whose appeals are managed by Birmingham City Council.
Year 7 appeals
Appeal against the refusal of a place for entry to Year 7 at a secondary school for September 2026.
Reception or year 2 to year 3 appeals
Appeal against the refusal of a place for entry to reception or year 3 in September 2026.
Reception or year 2 to year 3 appeal form
In-year appeals
Appeal against the refusal of a place in the current reception class to current year 13 using our in-year appeal form.
Do not use this form to submit an appeal for a Year 7 place for 2026.
Page last updated: 17 April 2026
