If your child has been refused a place at a school by the Admission Authority (or via a Fair Access Panel decision), you have the right to submit an appeal against this decision, to an Independent Appeal Panel. You can find the relevant information on how to submit an appeal in our Admission Appeals Guide for Parents.
| Admission Appeals Guide & Timetable 2026-27 |  (pdf 319KB) |
Details will also be provided to you in the decision notification sent out by the Local Authority, when your application has been processed (for In Year Admissions) or on/around the National Offer Days (for Primary & Secondary School Admissions*). In respect of appeals that are managed by Sefton Local Authority, (as set out on page 2 of the Appeals Guide), you can complete an appeal request form by using the ‘Do it online’ option on this page. You must complete a separate form for each school you wish to appeal for.
The appeals guide contains contact details if you wish to provide any supplementary information once you have completed the appeal form online.
Some appeals for faith schools and academies are manged by other admission authorities and separate arrangements will apply. The appeals guide above sets out which admission authority you should appeal to for the school concerned.
For ALL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS you must submit your appeal via The Archdiocese of Liverpool. You can complete an appeal form online on the Liverpool Archdiocese website.
For St Michael’s Church of England Academy Year 7 entry the school will administer the appeals for pupils transferring from primary school. You can access the appeal form via the school’s website or by contacting the school directly. For In Year admissions/school transfer appeals for all other year groups (and Year 7 once the academic year has begun), you can submit an appeal by completing the local authority appeal form using ‘Do it online’ option on this page.
For Church of England primary schools - please refer to the appeals guide for more information.
*There are strict timescales for submitting and hearing appeals for primary & secondary school admissions (Reception and Year 7 entry). The relevant dates that apply for these appeals can be found within the Admission Appeals Guide & Timetable document linked above.
Data showing the successful and unsuccessful appeals for primary (reception year) & secondary (year 7) admissions ONLY for previous academic years
Statistical data is available below. If a school name does not appear in any list this means that the school in question did not have any admission appeals heard for the relevant year group and in that particular year/admissions round.
| Secondary Admissions Appeals Stats 2026 | (pdf 137KB) |
| Secondary Admissions Appeals Stats 2025 | (pdf 138KB) |
| Secondary Admissions Appeals Stats 2024 | (pdf 80KB) |
| Secondary School Admissions Appeals 2023 | (pdf 88KB) |
| Secondary Admissions Appeals Stats 2022 | (pdf 104KB) |
| Secondary Admissions Appeals Stats 2021 | (pdf 103KB) |
| Primary Admissions Appeals Stats 2026 | (pdf 150KB) |
| Primary Admissions Appeals Stats 2025 | (pdf 149KB) |
| Primary School Admissions Appeals 2024 | (pdf 138KB) |
| Primary School Admission Appeals 2023 | (pdf 137KB) |
| Primary Admissions Appeal Stats 2022 | (pdf 109KB) |
| Primary Admissions Appeals Stats 2021 | (pdf 108KB) |
| Sefton Appeals Privacy Notice |  (word 20KB) |