Appeals

If you have applied and been refused a place at our school, you have the right to appeal to an independent appeal panel constituted and operated in accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code.  This is a legal process, and places are not ‘reserved’ for appeal panels to offer.

Our appeals are arranged by Leeds City Council.

Year 7 and Reception – Intake 2026

Appeals submitted for a place in the normal round will need to be received by Leeds City Council’s deadline to guarantee being heard before the school year starts.

For places starting in September 2026, the deadline to submit an appeal for:

• Year 7 is 31 March 2026
• Reception is 15 May 2026

Appeals will be heard within 40 school days of the deadline. For appeals submitted after the deadline, they will be heard within 30 school days of receipt, wherever possible.

Primary school appeals

Infant class size rule

The Government has set a limit on the size of infant classes (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2), as described below.

2.15 Infant class size – Infant classes (those where the majority of children will reach the age of 5, 6 or 7 during the school year) must not contain more than 30 pupils with a single school teacher. Additional children may be admitted under limited exceptional circumstances. These children will remain an ‘excepted pupil’ for the time they are in an infant class or until the class numbers fall back to the current infant class size limit. The excepted children are:

a) children admitted outside the normal admissions round with statements of special educational needs or Education, Health and Care Plans specifying a school;

b) looked after children and previously looked after children admitted outside the normal admissions round;

c) children admitted, after initial allocation of places, because of a procedural error made by the admission authority or local authority in the original application process;

d) children admitted after an independent appeals panel upholds an appeal;

e) children who move into the area outside the normal admissions round for whom there is no other available school within reasonable distance;

f) children of UK service personnel admitted outside the normal admissions round;

g) children whose twin or sibling from a multiple birth is admitted otherwise than as an excepted pupil;

h) children with special educational needs who are normally taught in a special educational needs unit attached to the school, or registered at a special school, who attend some infant classes within the mainstream school.

In-year appeals

Appeals against a decision for an in-year application can be submitted any time during the academic year.  Appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal request being received (where the application for a place has been refused and the right of appeal has been issued).

How to appeal

Appellants can get further details about the appeals process and find the link to the appeal form on Leeds local authority’s website. 

If you need help with the appeals process, you can contact them via:

Telephone:        0113 222 4414 

Contact form:    Contact form