Parents who have not been allocated a place for their child will have the right of appeal to an independent panel.
 

Details of how to exercise this right will be included in the notification letter from the local authority following either the coordinated admissions process or applications for casual admission.

Admission authorities must set a timetable for organising and hearing appeals that:

• Includes a deadline for lodging appeals. The deadline must allow appellants at least 20 school days from the date of notification that their application was unsuccessful to prepare and lodge their written appeal.
• Gives appellants at least 10 school days’ notice of their appeal hearing.
• Includes reasonable deadlines for appellants to submit additional evidence, for admission authorities to submit their evidence, and for the clerk to send appeal papers to the panel and parties.
• Ensures that decision letters are sent within 5 school days of the hearing, wherever possible.

Appeals timetables must be published by admission authorities on their website by 28 February each year. Further information can be obtained by clicking here.

Here are the deadlines for hearing different types of appeals: