In Year Appeals Process
In Year Appeals Information
If you have not been offered a place at Clapton Girls’ Academy following an in-year appeal, the law entitles you to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. In accordance with the 2022 School Admission Appeals Code Appeals, the admission authority and panels have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online.
Full details about the hearing will be sent to you with your invitation to the appeal hearing.
If you wish to contact the clerk please email:
Information about Secondary Transfer appeals will be posted on this website before 28 February 2025.
CLICK button above to complete your appeal online. Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is highly recommended that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form.
You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST state the grounds of your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you give the grounds of your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school.
Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.
CLICK picture above to read the explanatory booklet about appeals before you complete the appeal form.
CLICK buttons below for more information about:
In Year Appeal Dates
Date
Action
20 school days after the decision letter informing you that you had not been offered a place.
Last day for lodging appeal forms
Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel.
At least 10 school days before the hearing. This MAY be emailed.
All in-year appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal form being lodged.
Closing date for any additional supporting evidence.
FIVE working days before your hearing. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please email files to clerk@educationappeals.com
Please note that slightly different rules will apply for any summer transfer appeals into Year 7.
Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel.
Due to the high number of appeals, an email is sent a few working days after your hearing with the decision of the panel. This is followed up around 10 working days later with a letter outlining the panels’ reasons.
