Admissions24 June 2026
How to Appeal a School Place
How to appeal a refused school place in England: the deadline, the independent panel, the two-stage test, infant class size appeals, and how to build your case.
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How many students from a school actually get into Oxford or Cambridge? That data exists, but it's scattered across FOI requests, school websites, and council reports. No single source pulls it all together, and none of them let you sort, filter, or compare across 2,000 schools.
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The school you loved in October got downgraded in January. The one you dismissed just went Outstanding. You found out from another parent at the school gate.
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