Accredited official statistics

Admissions appeals in England: academic year 2018 to 2019

Information on appeals submitted by parents against non-admission of their children to a preferred school for the start of academic year 2018 to 2019.

Applies to England

Documents

Admissions appeals 2019: text

Admissions appeals 2019: tables

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Admissions appeals 2019: underlying data

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Details

The release reports on appeals relating to admissions at the start of the 2018 to 2019 academic year. It is based on appeals submitted with the appropriate admissions authority by 1 September 2018.

The publication includes, by school phase:

  • the number and percentage of appeals submitted
  • the number which are heard by an appeals panel

Of the appeals heard, the number and percentage found in the parent’s favour (upheld) is also given.

The data is additionally broken down by school type (for example, foundation or academy schools) and, separately, by local authority.

Admission appeals statistics team

Email admissions.appeals@education.gov.uk

Telephone: Helen Bray 0370 000 2288

Updates to this page

Published 22 August 2019

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