Department For Education
September 30
09:00
2022
Details
The school admission appeals code 2022 comes into force on 1 October 2022 and applies to admission appeals submitted on or after that date.
Admission appeals submitted on or before 30 September 2022 must follow the school admission appeals code 2012.
This statutory guidance is for:
- headteachers and school leaders
- school staff
- governing bodies
- local authorities
- admission authorities of maintained schools as defined in section 88(1) (a) and (b) of the School Standards and Framework Act (SSFA) 1998
- schools adjudicators
- admission appeal panels
It applies to:
- local-authority-maintained schools
- academies
- free schools
It explains:
- the statutory basis for the school admission appeals code
- how schools should conduct appeal hearings with regard to:
- constitution of appeal panels
- reaching decisions on appeals
- infant class size appeals
- further appeals and complaints about appeals
- appeals by governing bodies against local authority decisions to admit twice-excluded children
- the role of the local government ombudsman
- complaints about appeal panels
You should read it alongside the school admissions code.
We also have non-statutory advice on school admission appeals for:
- parents and guardians
- admission authorities
- clerks and panel members