Appealing for a Year 7 place for September 2025

Offers of school places will be made on 3 March 2025. If your application for a school is unsuccessful, you have the right to have your case heard by an Independent Appeals Panel.

If your child is due to start Secondary School in September 2025 and you wish to appeal for a Year 7 place you should contact the school directly for details of their process as the responsibility for appeals for Academies rests with the individual schools.

Each school will have details of their deadlines and how to make an appeal on their websites

Appeals for the following academies are provided via the local authority and will be subject to the below dates.  The link to register your appeal will be available on this page from 3 March 2025.

  • Barr's Hill School
  • Coundon Court School
  • Grace Academy
  • Lyng Hall School
  • President Kennedy School
  • Seva School
  • Stoke Park School
  • West Coventry Academy
Deadlines and appeal dates

Deadline

Appeal date

5pm Friday 18 April 2025  

 12 May - 20 June 2025 (1st round)  

5pm Friday 6 June 2025 

 30 June - 18 July 2025 (2nd round)

If the school you wish to appeal for is not listed above please contact the school direct for their appeals information. 

School appeals

Address: Council House
Earl Street
Coventry
CV1 5RR

Telephone: 024 7697 2647