Appeals
If your child has been refused a place at a school, you are entitled to lodge an appeal. For Voluntary Aided schools and academies you must contact the Headteacher or Chair of Governors for an Appeal Form. Once returned to the school your appeal will be set up by the Oxford Diocesan Board of Education. If you have been refused a place at a Voluntary Controlled school you must contact the Appeals Office at the local authority. Should you wish to pursue an appeal then you must, in the first instance, contact the admissions authority (the School or Academy).
The documents listed below give a wide range of advice on the process of appeal and the issues that are involved. School Admission Appeals timetable 2022 DfE School Admission Appeals code ODBE Admissions guidance 2023-24 ACE Appealing for a School: a practical guide to parents' legal rights LGO Infant class size fact sheet |