Academic year 2019/20

Admission appeals in England

Appeals submitted by parents against their child not getting an offer to a preferred primary or secondary school for the start of the academic year.

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• Produced by: Department for Education
• Published: 20 August 2020

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• Admissions appeals - by geography - 2016 to 2020

  Local authority, National, Regional

  • Number of rows: 3,277
  • Indicators:
    • Admission appeals lodged by parents
    • Admission appeals lodged by parents (percentage)
    • Admissions
  • Filters:
    • School phase
  • Time period: 2016 to 2020

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• Admissions appeals - by school type - 2016 to 2020

  National

  • Number of rows: 126
  • Indicators:
    • Admission appeals lodged by parents
    • Admission appeals lodged by parents (percentage)
    • Admissions
  • Filters:
    • School phase
    • School type
  • Time period: 2016 to 2020

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• admission appeals metadata

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• pre-release access list

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Admission appeals statistics team

Email: admissions.appeals@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Ann Claytor

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