Know the Rules. Find the Evidence. Make Your Strongest Case.
A school place refusal is one of the most stressful letters a parent can receive. Most parents don’t need a letter — they need to understand which grounds actually apply, what evidence helps, and what’s still missing.
School Place Appeal builds a complete, evidence-led Appeal Pack for England school admission appeals — not just a letter.
You usually have at least 20 school days to appeal — check your refusal letter for the exact deadline.
England ordinary admission appeals only — not EHCP placement disputes, which follow a separate SEND Tribunal process.
Every Ground an Appeal Panel Could Consider
We assess your case against the full set of admission appeal grounds — honestly, evidence by evidence, not just the ones that make a good headline.
A Refusal Isn’t the End
Most parents who receive a refusal accept the offered place, join the waiting list — and still appeal. Accepting a place doesn’t stop you appealing.
But an appeal isn’t “I really like this school” or “my child wants to go there.” An Independent Appeal Panel is checking whether the admissions process was correctly applied, or whether your family’s circumstances outweigh the school’s reasons for refusal. Knowing which applies — and having the evidence to back it up — is what actually moves the needle.
What Actually Counts in an Admission Appeal
Genuine grounds
- A documented administrative or procedural error in how your application was handled
- The published admissions criteria applied incorrectly to your case
- A specific, evidenced medical need or exceptional family circumstance
- A distance, sibling, faith or selective-test issue checkable against the published policy
Weak on their own
- General preference for the refused school, or its reputation
- The offered school being “not as good”, without a specific evidenced problem
- Belief that another child was wrongly admitted, without evidence of an error in your own case
- Cost or convenience of the offered school, without evidence of genuine hardship
Read our full guide to appealing a school admission refusal for a complete breakdown, or jump straight to your ground in our appeal guides.
An Appeal Pack, Not Just a Letter
A £25 letter generator is easy for any AI tool to replicate. What actually helps is understanding your case: which grounds apply, what evidence is missing, and how ready your appeal really is.
Solicitor or Education Consultant
- £500–£3,000+
- Days or weeks
- Meetings required
- High cost
School Place Appeal
- £29.99 fixed fee
- Full Appeal Pack, not just a letter
- Honest, evidence-graded grounds assessment
- Hearing preparation included
How It Works
Tell Us What Happened
Paste your refusal letter and admission arrangements, and we'll check the case is in scope.
Get an Honest Grounds Assessment
We assess every possible ground against your evidence — nothing inflated, nothing invented.
Build Your Evidence
Add your own words and supporting evidence — medical letters, travel information, and more.
Get Your Appeal Pack
A submission-ready appeal statement, plus hearing prep and a missing-evidence report.
Not sure which ground applies to you?
Read our guides on the grounds a panel actually weighs.
An Honest Assessment, Not a Guaranteed Outcome
No service — including this one — can honestly predict how an Independent Appeal Panel will decide your case. What we can do is help you see clearly: which grounds genuinely apply, what evidence supports them, what’s missing, and how to present it coherently.
Our appeal readiness assessment measures how well-prepared your case is — evidence, policy alignment, documentation and clarity — never a probability of success. Where something is missing, we say so, rather than papering over the gap.
That’s the difference between a letter generator and an Appeal Pack.
Build a Case Around Evidence — Not Guesswork.
Create your Appeal Pack today for £29.99.
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