What will an appeal involve?

What will an appeal involve?

Ralph Lucas (Editor, The Good Schools Guide) gives expert video advice on: On what grounds can my child be refused entry to their preferred school?; We didn't get our first choice school is there anything we can do? and more...

It will involve you doing a lot of work, to get your case together, to marshall your arguments, to produce the evidence for it, to produce the support for the supporting evidence, where other people's opinion matters. And you must expect to be opposed by the school, or opposed by the local authority. Don't take that amiss, they're doing their job, they're trying to keep school numbers under control. And you're making the best possible case for your child, and you will be being judged by an independent group of people, so it is not something to treat antagonistically. It is something to treat as constructively and as positively as possible, and keep your fingers crossed.