Admission Appeals Timetable

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If you require any further information on how to make an appeal please call the school office.
 
 
 
 
 
TIMETABLE for CHURCH OF ENGLAND BIRMINGHAM
INDEPENDENT ADMISSION APPEALS 2020-21
 
Infant, Junior & Primary Admission Appeals
 
Appeal applications should be made in writing to the Chair of Governors for any Church of England
Birmingham school which is its own Admissions Authority (any Academy or Voluntary Aided school).
Please ask the school/Academy for an Appeal Form. You must give written reasons for your appeal.
For any other type of school, application should be made to the Local Authority within which the
school is situated.
 

Once an appeal has been lodged, appellants will receive at least 10 school days' notice of their appeal
hearing date. Appeal papers will be sent to all parties at least 5 school days prior to the appeal
hearing. If you would like to submit additional evidence prior to the appeal hearing, you should
ensure that this is submitted to the Appeal Clerk at least 5 school days prior to the appeal
hearing. Decision letters will be sent within 5 school days following the hearing, where possible.
 
 
Admission Appeals for children due to start Infant, Junior or Primary School in September 2020
 
If your child is due to start Infant (Reception), Junior (Year 3) or Primary School (Reception) in
September 2020, you may appeal if you were refused a place at one of your preferred schools.
 
National Primary Offer Day – Thursday, 16 April 2020.
 
Deadline for lodging appeals – Monday, 18 May 2020.
 
Appeals received by Monday, 18 May 2020 will be heard, where possible, by Friday, 20 July 2020
(except appeals for Warwickshire schools which will be heard, where possible, by Tuesday, 01
September 2020).
 
Appeals received after Monday, 18 May 2020 (late appeals) will be heard by Friday, 20 July 2020 (or
Tuesday, 01 September for Warwickshire schools) where possible, or within 30 school days of the
appeal being lodged (whichever is later). Please note that it may not be possible to hear late appeals
before the start of the new school year in September 2020.
 
In-year Admission Appeals
If your child has been refused a place at one of your preferred schools outside the normal round of
admissions (ie at any time other than as above), you may appeal within 20 school days of the refusal
of the place. Your appeal will, where possible, be heard within 30 school days of being lodged.
In-year Appeal applications must be made in writing to the Chair of Governors for the school. Please
ask the school for an Appeal Form.
 
Please note that appeals are not ordinarily held during school holidays.