School admission appeals in London
The 32 councils in London heard 4,032 school admission appeals in 2025 and upheld 380. Within the region the spread is wide: 18.2% of appeals were upheld in Kingston upon Thames against 2% in Brent.
9.2%
of appeals heard in London were upheld
1,263 of 13,704 appeals heard in 2023–2025
Councils in London
| Council | Heard | Upheld | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | 945 | 31 | 3.3% |
| Redbridge | 905 | 68 | 7.5% |
| Newham | 901 | 36 | 4% |
| Ealing | 766 | 133 | 17.4% |
| Greenwich | 761 | 48 | 6.3% |
| Southwark | 623 | 107 | 17.2% |
| Barking and Dagenham | 568 | 43 | 7.6% |
| Havering | 556 | 40 | 7.2% |
| Enfield | 545 | 82 | 15% |
| Sutton | 538 | 44 | 8.2% |
| Hounslow | 485 | 33 | 6.8% |
| Hackney | 471 | 38 | 8.1% |
| Bromley | 447 | 39 | 8.7% |
| Bexley | 446 | 48 | 10.8% |
| Barnet | 435 | 57 | 13.1% |
| Brent | 391 | 8 | 2% |
| Waltham Forest | 390 | 41 | 10.5% |
| Lambeth | 385 | 51 | 13.2% |
| Haringey | 376 | 31 | 8.2% |
| Croydon | 335 | 32 | 9.6% |
| Hillingdon | 308 | 36 | 11.7% |
| Harrow | 294 | 12 | 4.1% |
| Wandsworth | 245 | 25 | 10.2% |
| Islington | 242 | 22 | 9.1% |
| Lewisham | 221 | 31 | 14% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 205 | 15 | 7.3% |
| Westminster | 193 | 9 | 4.7% |
| Richmond upon Thames | 170 | 28 | 16.5% |
| Merton | 167 | 23 | 13.8% |
| Camden | 145 | 14 | 9.7% |
| Kingston upon Thames | 137 | 25 | 18.2% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 107 | 13 | 12.1% |
The Department for Education also reports Inner and Outer London separately; the figures above combine both.
Reading these numbers fairly
A council's rate reflects its schools, its panels and which cases get lodged there — not how strong your case is. It is useful context, not a forecast. Nobody publishes appeal outcomes for individual schools.