Appeals

If you are unable to obtain a place for your child in the school you wanted you can appeal against the decision.

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Your appeal will be heard by an appeal panel independent of the school and the council.

Guidance on appeals is available in the related documents section and you should read this before using our online appeals system.

• Appeal primary, infant and junior school admissions online (opens in a new window)
• Appeal secondary school admissions online (opens in a new window)

Related documents

The following documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the PDF software for free from the Adobe website (opens in a new window)

• Primary school admission online appeals guidance notes for parents (37KB)
  Find out how to make an appeal and how the panel makes it decision.
• Primary school admission appeal form (52KB)
  Fill in this form to appeal against the refusal of a primary school place at any Derbyshire school.
• Secondary school admission appeals guidance notes for parents - 2012 (31KB)
  Find out how to make an appeal and how the panel makes it decision.
• Secondary school admission appeal form - 2012 (53KB)
  Fill in this form to appeal against the refusal of a secondary school place at any Derbyshire school.