School Admission Appeals

School admission appeals by council

Every English council that hears school admission appeals, with the share upheld over 2023–2025. Rates are shown only where at least 10 appeals were heard — below that a percentage tells you nothing.

By region

All councils

Appeals heard and upheld by council, pooled across 2023–2025. England overall: 23,926 of 120,991 heard were upheld (19.8%).
Council Region Heard Upheld Rate
Barking and Dagenham Outer London 568 43 7.6%
Barnet Outer London 435 57 13.1%
Barnsley Yorkshire and The Humber 392 106 27%
Bath and North East Somerset South West 120 37 30.8%
Bedford East of England 403 101 25.1%
Bexley Outer London 446 48 10.8%
Birmingham West Midlands 3,386 314 9.3%
Blackburn with Darwen North West 990 146 14.7%
Blackpool North West 238 43 18.1%
Bolton North West 1,505 280 18.6%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole South West 894 197 22%
Bracknell Forest South East 157 13 8.3%
Bradford Yorkshire and The Humber 2,395 373 15.6%
Brent Outer London 391 8 2%
Brighton and Hove South East 398 117 29.4%
Bristol, City of South West 723 197 27.2%
Bromley Outer London 447 39 8.7%
Buckinghamshire South East 1,741 207 11.9%
Bury North West 600 144 24%
Calderdale Yorkshire and The Humber 427 100 23.4%
Cambridgeshire East of England 1,089 309 28.4%
Camden Inner London 145 14 9.7%
Central Bedfordshire East of England 458 167 36.5%
Cheshire East North West 335 81 24.2%
Cheshire West and Chester North West 353 115 32.6%
Cornwall South West 437 148 33.9%
County Durham North East 718 305 42.5%
Coventry West Midlands 1,545 358 23.2%
Croydon Outer London 335 32 9.6%
Cumberland North West 99 55 55.6%
Darlington North East 139 44 31.7%
Derby East Midlands 1,639 300 18.3%
Derbyshire East Midlands 1,048 263 25.1%
Devon South West 337 89 26.4%
Doncaster Yorkshire and The Humber 723 201 27.8%
Dorset South West 390 139 35.6%
Dudley West Midlands 536 59 11%
Ealing Outer London 766 133 17.4%
East Riding of Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber 386 44 11.4%
East Sussex South East 759 167 22%
Enfield Outer London 545 82 15%
Essex East of England 2,602 408 15.7%
Gateshead North East 266 45 16.9%
Gloucestershire South West 1,856 583 31.4%
Greenwich Outer London 761 48 6.3%
Hackney Inner London 471 38 8.1%
Halton North West 269 78 29%
Hammersmith and Fulham Inner London 205 15 7.3%
Hampshire South East 1,371 409 29.8%
Haringey Inner London 376 31 8.2%
Harrow Outer London 294 12 4.1%
Hartlepool North East 69 18 26.1%
Havering Outer London 556 40 7.2%
Herefordshire, County of West Midlands 205 45 22%
Hertfordshire East of England 1,977 380 19.2%
Hillingdon Outer London 308 36 11.7%
Hounslow Outer London 485 33 6.8%
Isle of Wight South East 203 48 23.6%
Islington Inner London 242 22 9.1%
Kensington and Chelsea Inner London 107 13 12.1%
Kent South East 7,482 1,758 23.5%
Kingston upon Hull, City of Yorkshire and The Humber 1,499 409 27.3%
Kingston upon Thames Outer London 137 25 18.2%
Kirklees Yorkshire and The Humber 1,478 566 38.3%
Knowsley North West 321 76 23.7%
Lambeth Inner London 385 51 13.2%
Lancashire North West 4,460 1,362 30.5%
Leeds Yorkshire and The Humber 2,175 405 18.6%
Leicester East Midlands 1,269 99 7.8%
Leicestershire East Midlands 1,436 211 14.7%
Lewisham Inner London 221 31 14%
Lincolnshire East Midlands 2,139 797 37.3%
Liverpool North West 2,682 252 9.4%
Luton East of England 766 69 9%
Manchester North West 1,573 305 19.4%
Medway South East 1,318 309 23.4%
Merton Outer London 167 23 13.8%
Middlesbrough North East 480 84 17.5%
Milton Keynes South East 839 150 17.9%
Newcastle upon Tyne North East 549 118 21.5%
Newham Inner London 901 36 4%
Norfolk East of England 745 308 41.3%
North East Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber 141 46 32.6%
North Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber 194 47 24.2%
North Northamptonshire East Midlands 798 127 15.9%
North Somerset South West 160 33 20.6%
North Tyneside North East 266 50 18.8%
North Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber 631 155 24.6%
Northumberland North East 400 166 41.5%
Nottingham East Midlands 1,869 356 19%
Nottinghamshire East Midlands 1,988 505 25.4%
Oldham North West 1,014 110 10.8%
Oxfordshire South East 754 296 39.3%
Peterborough East of England 385 86 22.3%
Plymouth South West 269 44 16.4%
Portsmouth South East 244 48 19.7%
Reading South East 301 29 9.6%
Redbridge Outer London 905 68 7.5%
Redcar and Cleveland North East 137 23 16.8%
Richmond upon Thames Outer London 170 28 16.5%
Rochdale North West 609 106 17.4%
Rotherham Yorkshire and The Humber 705 372 52.8%
Rutland East Midlands 44 4 9.1%
Salford North West 731 112 15.3%
Sandwell West Midlands 1,505 114 7.6%
Sefton North West 830 178 21.4%
Sheffield Yorkshire and The Humber 1,045 207 19.8%
Shropshire West Midlands 370 96 25.9%
Slough South East 1,582 118 7.5%
Solihull West Midlands 1,020 30 2.9%
Somerset South West 645 94 14.6%
South Gloucestershire South West 376 88 23.4%
South Tyneside North East 229 66 28.8%
Southampton South East 321 77 24%
Southend-on-Sea East of England 368 15 4.1%
Southwark Inner London 623 107 17.2%
St. Helens North West 301 57 18.9%
Staffordshire West Midlands 1,000 193 19.3%
Stockport North West 1,001 165 16.5%
Stockton-on-Tees North East 203 61 30%
Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands 587 133 22.7%
Suffolk East of England 655 209 31.9%
Sunderland North East 408 242 59.3%
Surrey South East 1,346 288 21.4%
Sutton Outer London 538 44 8.2%
Swindon South West 279 56 20.1%
Tameside North West 836 131 15.7%
Telford and Wrekin West Midlands 503 146 29%
Thurrock East of England 462 75 16.2%
Torbay South West 188 33 17.6%
Tower Hamlets Inner London 945 31 3.3%
Trafford North West 1,422 172 12.1%
Wakefield Yorkshire and The Humber 597 118 19.8%
Walsall West Midlands 1,169 194 16.6%
Waltham Forest Outer London 390 41 10.5%
Wandsworth Inner London 245 25 10.2%
Warrington North West 500 164 32.8%
Warwickshire West Midlands 1,543 282 18.3%
West Berkshire South East 174 43 24.7%
West Northamptonshire East Midlands 1,156 180 15.6%
West Sussex South East 1,646 243 14.8%
Westminster Inner London 193 9 4.7%
Westmorland and Furness North West 110 40 36.4%
Wigan North West 972 210 21.6%
Wiltshire South West 341 106 31.1%
Windsor and Maidenhead South East 264 50 18.9%
Wirral North West 1,413 378 26.8%
Wokingham South East 516 59 11.4%
Wolverhampton West Midlands 1,555 152 9.8%
Worcestershire West Midlands 577 98 17%
York Yorkshire and The Humber 122 40 32.8%

City of London and Isles of Scilly are not listed: no appeals were heard there in 2023–2025.