School Admission Appeals

School admission appeals by council

Every English council that hears school admission appeals, with the share upheld over 2024–2026. 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 2024–2026. England overall: 22,402 of 115,695 heard were upheld (19.4%).
Council Region Heard Upheld Rate
Barking and Dagenham Outer London 503 44 8.7%
Barnet Outer London 486 75 15.4%
Barnsley Yorkshire and The Humber 435 123 28.3%
Bath and North East Somerset South West 85 38 44.7%
Bedford East of England 355 95 26.8%
Bexley Outer London 476 55 11.6%
Birmingham West Midlands 2,927 308 10.5%
Blackburn with Darwen North West 842 95 11.3%
Blackpool North West 305 70 23%
Bolton North West 1,443 271 18.8%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole South West 767 182 23.7%
Bracknell Forest South East 150 16 10.7%
Bradford Yorkshire and The Humber 2,371 352 14.8%
Brent Outer London 455 17 3.7%
Brighton and Hove South East 425 117 27.5%
Bristol, City of South West 627 172 27.4%
Bromley Outer London 442 32 7.2%
Buckinghamshire South East 1,732 209 12.1%
Bury North West 566 144 25.4%
Calderdale Yorkshire and The Humber 374 63 16.8%
Cambridgeshire East of England 1,226 355 29%
Camden Inner London 125 18 14.4%
Central Bedfordshire East of England 523 175 33.5%
Cheshire East North West 262 71 27.1%
Cheshire West and Chester North West 303 82 27.1%
Cornwall South West 341 131 38.4%
County Durham North East 487 171 35.1%
Coventry West Midlands 1,611 389 24.1%
Croydon Outer London 260 22 8.5%
Cumberland North West 155 80 51.6%
Darlington North East 119 37 31.1%
Derby East Midlands 1,689 298 17.6%
Derbyshire East Midlands 922 221 24%
Devon South West 278 69 24.8%
Doncaster Yorkshire and The Humber 736 193 26.2%
Dorset South West 351 124 35.3%
Dudley West Midlands 552 61 11.1%
Ealing Outer London 721 117 16.2%
East Riding of Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber 339 41 12.1%
East Sussex South East 755 165 21.9%
Enfield Outer London 452 58 12.8%
Essex East of England 2,415 347 14.4%
Gateshead North East 286 48 16.8%
Gloucestershire South West 2,031 580 28.6%
Greenwich Outer London 692 40 5.8%
Hackney Inner London 364 25 6.9%
Halton North West 231 83 35.9%
Hammersmith and Fulham Inner London 197 16 8.1%
Hampshire South East 1,353 377 27.9%
Haringey Inner London 311 12 3.9%
Harrow Outer London 247 10 4%
Hartlepool North East 119 25 21%
Havering Outer London 623 31 5%
Herefordshire, County of West Midlands 176 42 23.9%
Hertfordshire East of England 1,965 366 18.6%
Hillingdon Outer London 354 29 8.2%
Hounslow Outer London 491 40 8.1%
Isle of Wight South East 185 49 26.5%
Islington Inner London 216 24 11.1%
Kensington and Chelsea Inner London 106 11 10.4%
Kent South East 6,975 1,818 26.1%
Kingston upon Hull, City of Yorkshire and The Humber 1,427 348 24.4%
Kingston upon Thames Outer London 116 18 15.5%
Kirklees Yorkshire and The Humber 1,374 489 35.6%
Knowsley North West 369 71 19.2%
Lambeth Inner London 352 40 11.4%
Lancashire North West 4,001 1,141 28.5%
Leeds Yorkshire and The Humber 2,241 415 18.5%
Leicester East Midlands 1,252 64 5.1%
Leicestershire East Midlands 999 151 15.1%
Lewisham Inner London 183 15 8.2%
Lincolnshire East Midlands 2,146 835 38.9%
Liverpool North West 2,487 210 8.4%
Luton East of England 707 65 9.2%
Manchester North West 1,473 275 18.7%
Medway South East 1,424 336 23.6%
Merton Outer London 160 26 16.2%
Middlesbrough North East 388 59 15.2%
Milton Keynes South East 744 133 17.9%
Newcastle upon Tyne North East 573 172 30%
Newham Inner London 855 31 3.6%
Norfolk East of England 732 289 39.5%
North East Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber 114 40 35.1%
North Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber 134 30 22.4%
North Northamptonshire East Midlands 711 119 16.7%
North Somerset South West 147 23 15.6%
North Tyneside North East 407 86 21.1%
North Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber 581 127 21.9%
Northumberland North East 329 138 41.9%
Nottingham East Midlands 1,909 345 18.1%
Nottinghamshire East Midlands 1,875 409 21.8%
Oldham North West 1,074 114 10.6%
Oxfordshire South East 761 301 39.6%
Peterborough East of England 384 64 16.7%
Plymouth South West 244 39 16%
Portsmouth South East 353 45 12.7%
Reading South East 311 31 10%
Redbridge Outer London 734 60 8.2%
Redcar and Cleveland North East 124 22 17.7%
Richmond upon Thames Outer London 158 22 13.9%
Rochdale North West 642 105 16.4%
Rotherham Yorkshire and The Humber 715 345 48.3%
Rutland East Midlands 22 1 4.5%
Salford North West 695 93 13.4%
Sandwell West Midlands 1,357 103 7.6%
Sefton North West 875 197 22.5%
Sheffield Yorkshire and The Humber 979 239 24.4%
Shropshire West Midlands 311 85 27.3%
Slough South East 1,533 113 7.4%
Solihull West Midlands 793 20 2.5%
Somerset South West 633 77 12.2%
South Gloucestershire South West 364 83 22.8%
South Tyneside North East 291 79 27.1%
Southampton South East 326 81 24.8%
Southend-on-Sea East of England 368 17 4.6%
Southwark Inner London 578 88 15.2%
St. Helens North West 262 52 19.8%
Staffordshire West Midlands 985 189 19.2%
Stockport North West 931 156 16.8%
Stockton-on-Tees North East 185 50 27%
Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands 601 126 21%
Suffolk East of England 609 175 28.7%
Sunderland North East 337 228 67.7%
Surrey South East 1,366 258 18.9%
Sutton Outer London 557 43 7.7%
Swindon South West 245 40 16.3%
Tameside North West 839 130 15.5%
Telford and Wrekin West Midlands 545 134 24.6%
Thurrock East of England 383 47 12.3%
Torbay South West 235 42 17.9%
Tower Hamlets Inner London 775 16 2.1%
Trafford North West 1,410 154 10.9%
Wakefield Yorkshire and The Humber 641 126 19.7%
Walsall West Midlands 1,231 203 16.5%
Waltham Forest Outer London 319 40 12.5%
Wandsworth Inner London 321 22 6.9%
Warrington North West 388 112 28.9%
Warwickshire West Midlands 1,471 255 17.3%
West Berkshire South East 168 47 28%
West Northamptonshire East Midlands 1,087 132 12.1%
West Sussex South East 1,604 265 16.5%
Westminster Inner London 169 16 9.5%
Westmorland and Furness North West 148 57 38.5%
Wigan North West 920 188 20.4%
Wiltshire South West 307 84 27.4%
Windsor and Maidenhead South East 293 55 18.8%
Wirral North West 1,419 358 25.2%
Wokingham South East 415 42 10.1%
Wolverhampton West Midlands 1,703 148 8.7%
Worcestershire West Midlands 561 110 19.6%
York Yorkshire and The Humber 120 49 40.8%

City of London and Isles of Scilly are not listed: no appeals were heard there in 2024–2026.