School Admission Appeals

We want to make sure that you receive the most effective support and guidance when submitting your appeal with us. 

Please Note: You must read the Admissions Appeals Guide before making an appeal to make sure that your case meets the criteria.

How to make an appeal

You cannot go through this appeal process if:

• you are appealing for a lower preference school if you have been offered a higher preference school. 
• if your child has an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), you will need to contact the Children and Young People Disability Service (CYPDS) via email at cypds@achievingforchildren.org.uk. 
• if your child has been permanently excluded from two or more schools for two years after the second or any subsequent exclusion.

If you have been refused a place at one of the following schools, you have the right to appeal to us against the decision. 

• Alexander First
• Alwyn Infant and Nursery
• Boyne Hill CE Infant and Nursery
• Braywood CE First
• Cookham Rise Primary
• Courthouse Junior
• Eton Wick CE First
• Furze Platt Infant
• Furze Platt Junior
• Hilltop First
• Holy Trinity CE Primary Cookham
• Homer First
• Kings Court First
• Larchfield Primary and Nursery
• Oldfield Primary
• Riverside Primary
• South Ascot Village School
• St Edward's Catholic First 
• The Queen Anne Royal Free CE First
• Waltham St Lawrence Primary
• Wessex Primary
• Wraysbury Primary

Academies/Free schools that we also hear appeals for:

• Braywick Court Free School
• Charters Academy
• Cox Green Academy
• Dedworth Green First
• Dedworth Middle
• Desborough College (Academy)
• Eton Porny CE First
• Furze Platt Senior Academy
• Lowbrook Primary Academy
• Newlands Girls’
• St Edmund Campion
• St Francis Catholic Primary South Ascot
• The Windsor Boys’
• The Windsor Girls’
• Trevelyan Middle School
• Woodlands Park Primary

If you have been refused a place at a school not listed, you will need to contact the school directly.