Admission Appeals
Appeals Statement for Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School
If you have not been offered a place at Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. All appeals will be heard online which has the advantage that your appeal can be heard from your home or place of work.
Please note that you can only appeal if you have been refused a place in writing after making a formal application. The links below are NOT application forms.
If you wish to appeal, please use this link to complete your appeal online. Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form. Booklet Link
You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school but on different forms.
Any letters or reports that you wish the panel to see should be uploaded at this time. You are asked to bear in mind that if you later send additional information, the closing date is 5 working days before the STAGE 1 hearing. All appointed panels have agreed NOT to take any late letters or reports after the 5 working day deadline. This will be strictly enforced. For secondary/primary transfer appeals, the hearing will take place at least TWO months after the refusal letter. This gives you plenty of time to get your evidence together if you act early and take account of school holidays.
Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.
Full details about the hearing will be sent to you with your invitation to the hearing.
If you wish to contact the clerk – email : clerk@educationappeals.com
If the appeal link does not work type in the URL address box: www.edap.link/myschoolappeal
Admission Appeals for Secondary Transfer 2025
The timetable for appeals is as follows:-
Last day for lodging appeal forms for a place in year 7 to start in September 2025
4pm on Wednesday 2 April 2025 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard in the first tranche of appeals. Appeals lodged later may not be heard until the second tranche which could be in September 2025. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal and supply any documentary evidence at this stage.
The stage 1 part of the hearing (with other parents present) will take place at the school
Wednesday 11 June 2025. Time TBC
Part 2, the individual private hearings will take place on Wednesday 11 June 2025
(depending on the number of appeals)Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel
At least 10 school days before the stage 1 hearing
Any additional or supporting evidence
Closing date Wednesday 4 June 2025.
You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account.
Please provide the Clerk with ONE copy of any new additional evidence BY EMAIL ONLY. These must be sent to clerk@educationappeals.com
Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel
Due to the high number of appeals held at this time, this may not be sent until up to 10 working days after the last hearing for the school.
In Year Appeals
Last day for lodging appeal forms
You must lodge the appeal form within 20 school days upon receipt of your letter of refusal. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal and supply documentary evidence at this stage. Appeals are held within 30 school days of receipt of the appeal form.
Sixth Form Appeals
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Last day for lodging appeals |
4pm on Thursday 28 August 2025 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard in early to mid-September. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal on the online form and supply documentary evidence at this stage eg a copy of your results sheet. Please note the timetable is very short to enable those appellants who win appeals to start as early into the school year as possible. Click here for the Sixth Form appeal form. If this link does not work, it means you are too late to appeal. |
| Appeal date | The date will be during the month of September 2025. |