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Time series of admissions appeals heard and successful
Figures from 2016 to 2021 on the number of new admissions and the number of appeals lodged, heard and successful
Academic year 2020/21
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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Admissions appeals - by school type - 2016 to 2021
National
number and rate of appeals lodged, heard and successful by school type
- Number of rows
- 151
- Indicators
- Admission appeals lodged by parents
- Admission appeals lodged by parents (percentage)
- Admissions
- Filters
- School phase
- School type
- Time period
- 2016 to 2021
Admissions appeals - by geography - 2016 to 2021
Local authority, National, Regional
number and rate of appeals lodged, heard and successful by LA
- Number of rows
- 3,929
- Indicators
- Admission appeals lodged by parents
- Admission appeals lodged by parents (percentage)
- Admissions
- Filters
- School phase
- Time period
- 2016 to 2021
Data guidance
Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.
Description
This document describes the data included in the ‘Schools admissions appeals in England: 2020 to 2021’ National Statistics release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in new tab) and is intended to meet at least three stars for Open Data (opens in new tab).
The methodology document for this subject should be referenced alongside this release. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality and how the data is produced.
A guide for the 2021 data collection can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-admission-appeals-data-collection-how-to-submit-data (opens in new tab).
Coverage
The data includes returns via the APAD collection from 149 local authorities (for voluntary controlled and community schools) and direct returns from voluntary aided, foundation and academy schools. The City of London local authority has only one school which is voluntary aided so are not required to make an APAD return.
The rate of appeals lodged and heard are calculated using a total number of new admissions based on the January school census.
File formats and conventions
Rounding and suppression
No rounding or suppression has been applied to either the appeals or admissions data.
Conventions
The following convention is used throughout the underlying data.
‘:’ Not applicable.
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Email: admissions.appeals@education.gov.ukContact name: Ann Claytor
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