Appeals

School Admission Appeal Process

You have the right of appeal under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 against the refusal of a place at any of the schools which you listed on your application form.

An independent panel will hear your appeal and their decision is binding for both the Admission Authority and the school(s). The panel will be made up of people who have experience in education and lay members (people without personal experience of school management or the provision of education).

How to appeal

For community schools in Haringey please contact the School Admissions Team on 020 8489 1000 or download the relevant appeal pack from the attached files section below.

The form should be returned by post to:

Admissions Service
48 Station Road
N22 7TY
or by email to: schooladmissions@haringey.gov.uk

If you wish to appeal

for Fortismere and Woodside High Schools, please contact the schools direct.
for a voluntary aided school, please contact the school direct.
for schools outside Haringey - please contact the local authority where the school is located

We strongly recommend that you accept the place you have been offered, as this will ensure that your child has a school place in September. Accepting the place will not influence the outcome of your appeal or your child’s position on a waiting list.

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Starting Reception appeals

Key Stage 1 Infant Size Legislation

You should be aware that by law infant classes (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2) with a single school teacher, 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.

Where a child has been refused admission to a school on "Infant Class Size Prejudice" grounds, an appeal panel can only offer a place to a child where it is satisfied that either:

the child would have been offered a place if the admission arrangements had been properly implemented; and/or
the child would have been offered a place if the arrangements had not been contrary to mandatory provisions in the School Admissions Code and the School Standards and Framework Act (SSFA) 1998; and/or
the decision to refuse admission was not one which a reasonable admission authority would have made in the circumstances of the case

The outcome of your appeal will not be influenced by the acceptance of a place at an alternative school.

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