After all the school searching and admission application process, if you are still not happy about the school place decision, you can still appeal to the council against their decision. The decision letter from the council should include the details on how to appeal this decision.
When you appeal against a school’s decision, the admission authority at the school or council will grant you at least 20 school days from when they sent the result letter during which you can submit the appeal.
You can appeal if you believe that:
• Admission arrangements were not followed as promised;
• Admission criteria did not conform with the school admission code;
• The decision for not admitting your child was not rational.
To recap, it is not the end of the world if your child does not get admitted to the targeted schools. There are still alternatives that may allow your child to study at that specific school. The best advice is to always start your school search in advance and have an idea of how many places are offered yearly and consider more than one school so that you can have that peace of mind when it comes to planning for your child’s future.
Creating a free personal account with British School Portal will allow you to browse through the schools easily on a Map-view. The school's profile and data such as school performance can be listed out for you to compare.
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Further reading
How to find the number of spaces left at the school near you?
7 Steps of the UK secondary school admission
State School - In-Year admissions