Frequently Asked Questions

School Place Appeal is a guided platform that helps parents across the UK build a complete, evidence-led Appeal Pack for a school admission refusal - a grounds assessment, evidence review, hearing preparation, and a submission-ready appeal statement.

No. This service provides guidance and drafting assistance only. It does not constitute legal advice, and appeal decisions remain the responsibility of the relevant appeal panel, committee or tribunal. See our full disclaimer for details.

No. If your case concerns a child with a named-placement special educational needs plan - England's EHCP, Wales's IDP under the ALN system, Scotland's CSP, or Northern Ireland's statement of SEN - that's decided through a separate process specific to that plan, with disputes going to that nation's own tribunal, not through an ordinary admissions appeal. We check for this during the case review and won't proceed if it looks like this applies.

Yes. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland all run genuinely different admissions appeal systems - different deciding bodies, different legal grounds, different processes - so School Place Appeal detects which nation your case is in and assesses it against that nation's own framework, not a generic or England-only one.

We collect only what's needed to build and send your Appeal Pack - your name, address, email, your child's name, and the case details/evidence you provide. See our Privacy Policy for the full detail.

No, and we're deliberately cautious about this. No service can honestly predict how the panel, committee or tribunal deciding your case will rule. Our appeal readiness score measures how well-prepared your case is - evidence, policy alignment, documentation, clarity - never a probability of success.

No. Many parents accept the offered place, join the waiting list, and still appeal - all three at once. Accepting a place doesn't affect your right to appeal.

It depends on the nation. In England and Wales, parents are normally given at least 20 school days from the date of refusal, although the exact arrangements are set by the admission authority; in Scotland it's a fixed 28 calendar days from the date on your refusal letter; in Northern Ireland deadlines are set per admissions round and stated in your decision letter. Always check the specific deadline given to you rather than relying on a general rule.

For Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 in England and Wales, statutory infant class size limits mean panels can only uphold an appeal on much narrower grounds - essentially a legal or procedural error in how the arrangements were applied, not a general balancing of your circumstances against the school's. This is why infant class size appeals succeed far less often than appeals for older year groups. See our infant class size guide for detail.

A fixed £14.99 for your full Appeal Pack. No subscription, no hidden fees.

No. It's a one-off payment for each Appeal Pack you create.

Your refusal letter and whatever you have about the school's admission arrangements, plus your own name, address, email and your child's name. You can also upload supporting evidence like medical letters or travel information.

Yes - your appeal statement is always fully editable, both on-screen and in the copy we email you, before you submit anything.

PDF documents and images (JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF).