Appeals

Admission Appeals

Schools admission appeals timetable

Appeals for September 2025 resulting from year of entry or transfer applications:

School	Offer	Appeals lodged by	Appeals to be heard by
Secondary	3 March 2025	31 March 2025	18 June 2025 (40 School days)

Please note: Appeals will not start being heard until after the relevant closing date has passed.

Appeals lodged after these dates will be heard within 40 school days of the appeal deadline or 30 school days of being lodged, whichever is the later date.

Appeals are not heard in school holidays.

Appellants will be sent notification of their appeal hearing at least 10 clear school days in advance of the hearing.  Appellants will be sent a copy of the school's case normally a week in advance of the hearing.

Appellants must ensure that any further evidence not included with their initial appeal is received by the stated deadline, which will be clearly highlighted in the appeal hearing notification letter. Any additional evidence or information received after this date might not be considered at the appeal hearing.

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In Year or immediate entry appeals

Appeals resulting from In Year admission applications will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

 

For more information on appeals, and how to appeal, please see the following page on the Surrey Admissions website: HERE

You can also contact the Surrey Appeals team as follows: Surrey Appeals team telephone 020 8541 8092 or via email surrey.schoolappeals@surreycc.gov.uk.