Schools and learning

School Admissions Appeal Panels

If you have not been offered the school place you want for your child, you might want to appeal in addition to your child being put on the Continuing Interest List (CI).

This guidance for parents booklet below explains how you can make that appeal and how the appeals process works. Your appeal will be arranged by the Appeals Team within Customer Focus, who work independently of the admissions teams that are responsible for the allocation of school places.

Continuing Interest List (CI)

The CI list operates quite separately to the appeal process. Children will be placed on the CI list(s) for any school(s) shown as a higher preference to the school allocated. If you do not wish your child to remain on the CI list(s) for these school(s) you MUST let the admissions team know immediately. Their contact details can be found at the top of your allocation letter. For further information about the CI process, please refer to the “What Can You Do Now?” leaflet.