Appealing for a Reception place for September 2026
Offers of school places will be made on 16 April 2026. 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 Primary School in September 2026 and you wish to appeal for a Reception place for a faith school or an Academy school not listed below, you should contact the school directly for details of their process as the responsibility for their appeals rests with the individual schools.
Each Primary school will have details of their deadlines and how to make an appeal on their website.
The exceptions to the above are:
- Alderman's Green (LA)
- Christ the King Catholic Primary School (LA)
- Clifford Bridge Academy (LA)
- Courthouse Green (LA)
- Finham Primary (LA)
- Frederick Bird (LA)
- Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School (LA)
- Hearsall Community Academy (LA)
- Hill Farm (LA)
- Keresley Grange (LA)
- Little Heath (LA)
- Parkgate (LA)
- Pearl Hyde (LA)
- Potters Green Primary (LA)
- Radford (LA)
- Richard Lee Primary (LA)
- Seva School (LA)
- Sidney Stringer Primary School (LA)
- Stanton Bridge (LA)
- St. Elizabeth's Catholic (LA)
- Walsgrave Church of England Academy (LA)
- Whittle Academy (LA)
All Community and Voluntary Controlled Primary School appeals are administered by the Local Authority and will be subject to the below dates (including the schools listed above).
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Deadline |
Appeal dates |
|---|---|
|
5pm Friday 15 May, 2026 |
15 June - 26 June 2026 (1st round) |
|
5pm Friday 5 June, 2026 |
29 June - 17 July 2026 (2nd round) |
School appeals
Address: Council HouseEarl Street
Coventry
CV1 5RR