About admission appeals
If you are not offered a place at your preferred school
How to appeal
Appeal your school place offer
You must complete one appeal form per child
Clock Completing this form takes around 10 minutes
Paperclip To complete this form you will need; a valid email address and your childs name and date of birth.
Appeal onlineIf you are having problems in appealing online, please contact Pupil Admissions on 01484 225007 or by emailing pupiladmissions@kirklees.gov.uk.
Types of appeal
For school admission appeals up to and including year 2 there are two types of appeal, Key Stage 1 Class Size Appeals (CS) and General Issue Appeals (GI). The type of appeal depends on how the school arrange their classes and the year group your child is in.
For appeals for year 3 onwards in primary school and year 7 in secondary schools, these are always General Issue appeals (GI).
In year admission appeals
The appeals process
Notice of admission appeal
It is very important for you to stay within any timetable given for your appeal process and that you state all the information on which your appeal is based in your written statement of appeal. If you miss the last date to ask for an appeal it may result in a delay in hearing your appeal.
Appeals timetable
Appeal type | Appeals received by | Appeals will be heard by |
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Starting school for the first time | Monday 17 May 2021 | Monday 19 July 2021 |
Transfer to junior/middle school | Monday 17 May 2021 | Monday 19 July 2021 |
Transfer to high school | Monday 12 April 2021 | Tuesday 15 June 2021 |
The coronavirus (COVID-19) will impact upon the timescales involved in hearing school admissions appeals. GOV UK: Coronavirus - school admission appeals
Please ensure any additional evidence you wish to submit in support of your appeal is received by the Pupil Admissions Team at least four working days before your appeal. Any material not submitted by the specified deadline may not be considered by the Independent Appeals Panel.
You must also let us know if you intend to call any witnesses or be represented at the appeal hearing.
Appeal hearing
The clerk of the appeal panel will write to you about the appeal hearing and explain the procedures. An independent appeal panel hears appeals.
It is made up of three people, including:
- At least one 'lay' member (a member of the public with no specialist education experience)
- At least one 'independent' person who has experience in education and who is familiar with educational conditions in our area or who is a parent of a registered pupil at a school.