Primary school admission appeals heard by council, England
Admission appeals for primary school places heard by an appeals panel, as a share of new primary admissions, for each local authority in England as the Department for Education publishes them, with its regions and England, in the latest two reporting years, from the Department for Education's accredited admission appeals statistics.
England
1.0%
2026
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- 2025
Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence.
In order
Ranked by the hub 2026
Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.
- 1Nottingham5.1%
- 2Derby4.9%
- 3Wigan3.4%
- 4Slough3.1%
- 5Coventry3.0%
- 6Kingston upon Hull, City of2.9%
- 7Rochdale2.7%
- =8Bolton2.6%
- =8Oldham2.6%
- =8Sefton2.6%
- =11Blackburn with Darwen2.5%
- =11Wolverhampton2.5%
- 13South Tyneside2.1%
- =14Kirklees2.0%
- =14Windsor and Maidenhead2.0%
- 16Reading1.9%
- =17Bury1.8%
- =17Lancashire1.8%
- =17Rotherham1.8%
- =17Sheffield, its area before 1 April 20251.8%
- =21Havering1.7%
- =21Knowsley1.7%
- =21Wakefield1.7%
- =21Warwickshire1.7%
- =25Barking and Dagenham1.6%
- =25Gloucestershire1.6%
- =25Luton1.6%
- =25Salford1.6%
- =25Tameside1.6%
- =30Barnsley, its area before 1 April 20251.5%
- =30Lambeth1.5%
- =30Milton Keynes1.5%
- =30North Tyneside1.5%
- =30Wandsworth1.5%
- =35Central Bedfordshire1.4%
- =35Newham1.4%
- =35Telford and Wrekin1.4%
- =35Trafford1.4%
- =35Wokingham1.4%
- =40Ealing1.3%
- =40East Riding of Yorkshire1.3%
- =40Liverpool1.3%
- =40Nottinghamshire1.3%
- =40Peterborough1.3%
- =45Cambridgeshire1.2%
- =45Doncaster1.2%
- =45Dudley1.2%
- =45Hackney1.2%
- =45St. Helens1.2%
- =45West Sussex1.2%
- =51Bradford1.1%
- =51Essex1.1%
- =51Gateshead1.1%
- =51Leeds1.1%
- =51Redbridge1.1%
- =51Waltham Forest1.1%
- =57Birmingham1.0%
- =57Derbyshire1.0%
- =57Leicester1.0%
- =57Sandwell1.0%
- =57Stoke-on-Trent1.0%
- =57Warrington1.0%
- =63Blackpool0.9%
- =63Bracknell Forest0.9%
- =63Halton0.9%
- =63Haringey0.9%
- =63Hartlepool0.9%
- =63Hertfordshire0.9%
- =63Isle of Wight0.9%
- =63Middlesbrough0.9%
- =63Oxfordshire0.9%
- =63Portsmouth0.9%
- =63Solihull0.9%
- =63Southend-on-Sea0.9%
- =63Sunderland0.9%
- =63Thurrock0.9%
- =77Calderdale0.8%
- =77Dorset0.8%
- =77Kensington and Chelsea0.8%
- =77Kent0.8%
- =77Leicestershire0.8%
- =77Lincolnshire0.8%
- =77Medway0.8%
- =77Newcastle upon Tyne0.8%
- =77North Northamptonshire0.8%
- =77North Yorkshire0.8%
- =77Somerset0.8%
- =77Stockport0.8%
- =77Surrey0.8%
- =77Wirral0.8%
- =91Brighton and Hove0.7%
- =91Buckinghamshire0.7%
- =91Camden0.7%
- =91Cheshire West and Chester0.7%
- =91East Sussex0.7%
- =91Northumberland0.7%
- =91Stockton-on-Tees0.7%
- =91Tower Hamlets0.7%
- =99Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole0.6%
- =99Cheshire East0.6%
- =99Greenwich0.6%
- =99Hampshire0.6%
- =99Hounslow0.6%
- =99Manchester0.6%
- =99North Lincolnshire0.6%
- =99Swindon0.6%
- =99Walsall0.6%
- =99West Northamptonshire0.6%
- =109Barnet0.5%
- =109Brent0.5%
- =109Croydon0.5%
- =109Darlington0.5%
- =109Herefordshire, County of0.5%
- =109Islington0.5%
- =109North Somerset0.5%
- =109Staffordshire0.5%
- =109York0.5%
- =118County Durham0.4%
- =118Harrow0.4%
- =118Hillingdon0.4%
- =118Norfolk0.4%
- =118Redcar and Cleveland0.4%
- =118Shropshire0.4%
- =118South Gloucestershire0.4%
- =118Southampton0.4%
- =118Suffolk0.4%
- =118West Berkshire0.4%
- =128Bedford0.3%
- =128Bromley0.3%
- =128Cornwall0.3%
- =128Devon0.3%
- =128Enfield0.3%
- =128Hammersmith and Fulham0.3%
- =128Lewisham0.3%
- =128Plymouth0.3%
- =128Southwark0.3%
- =128Sutton0.3%
- =128Wiltshire0.3%
- =128Worcestershire0.3%
- =140Bath and North East Somerset0.2%
- =140Cumberland0.2%
- =140Merton0.2%
- =140Richmond upon Thames0.2%
- =140Westminster0.2%
- =140Westmorland and Furness0.2%
- =146Bexley0.1%
- =146Bristol, City of0.1%
- =146Kingston upon Thames0.1%
- =149City of London0.0%
- =149Isles of Scilly0.0%
- =149North East Lincolnshire0.0%
- =149Rutland0.0%
- =149Torbay0.0%
No figure published for Barnsley (given under its old code, E08000016), Sheffield (given under its old code, E08000019).
Data table
163 rows
| Area | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Nottingham E06000018 | 5.1% | 7.9% |
| Derby E06000015 | 4.9% | 6.5% |
| Wigan E08000010 | 3.4% | 2.7% |
| Slough E06000039 | 3.1% | 2.0% |
| Coventry E08000026 | 3.0% | 4.1% |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010 | 2.9% | 6.0% |
| Rochdale E08000005 | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Bolton E08000001 | 2.6% | 4.2% |
| Oldham E08000004 | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| Sefton E08000014 | 2.6% | 2.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen E06000008 | 2.5% | 3.8% |
| Wolverhampton E08000031 | 2.5% | 3.5% |
| South Tyneside E08000023 | 2.1% | 0.6% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040 | 2.0% | 1.8% |
| Kirklees E08000034 | 2.0% | 2.7% |
| Reading E06000038 | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Bury E08000002 | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| Rotherham E08000018 | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025 | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Lancashire E10000017 | 1.8% | 3.2% |
| Knowsley E08000011 | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Wakefield E08000036 | 1.7% | 1.5% |
| Havering E09000016 | 1.7% | 1.5% |
| Warwickshire E10000031 | 1.7% | 2.1% |
| Luton E06000032 | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Salford E08000006 | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| Tameside E08000008 | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Barking and Dagenham E09000002 | 1.6% | 2.1% |
| Gloucestershire E10000013 | 1.6% | 1.9% |
| Milton Keynes E06000042 | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025 | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| North Tyneside E08000022 | 1.5% | 0.6% |
| Lambeth E09000022 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Wandsworth E09000032 | 1.5% | 0.8% |
| Telford and Wrekin E06000020 | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Wokingham E06000041 | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire E06000056 | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Trafford E08000009 | 1.4% | 0.6% |
| Newham E09000025 | 1.4% | 1.6% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011 | 1.3% | 0.9% |
| Peterborough E06000031 | 1.3% | 1.6% |
| Liverpool E08000012 | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| Ealing E09000009 | 1.3% | 0.8% |
| Nottinghamshire E10000024 | 1.3% | 1.1% |
| St. Helens E08000013 | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| Doncaster E08000017 | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Dudley E08000027 | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Hackney E09000012 | 1.2% | 0.4% |
| Cambridgeshire E10000003 | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| West Sussex E10000032 | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| Bradford E08000032 | 1.1% | 2.1% |
| Leeds E08000035 | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Gateshead E08000037 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Redbridge E09000026 | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| Waltham Forest E09000031 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Essex E10000012 | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Warrington E06000007 | 1.0% | 0.9% |
| Leicester E06000016 | 1.0% | 1.4% |
| Stoke-on-Trent E06000021 | 1.0% | 1.3% |
| Birmingham E08000025 | 1.0% | 1.3% |
| Sandwell E08000028 | 1.0% | 1.8% |
| Derbyshire E10000007 | 1.0% | 0.8% |
| Hartlepool E06000001 | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Middlesbrough E06000002 | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Halton E06000006 | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Blackpool E06000009 | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea E06000033 | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| Thurrock E06000034 | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Bracknell Forest E06000036 | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Portsmouth E06000044 | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Isle of Wight E06000046 | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Sunderland E08000024 | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Solihull E08000029 | 0.9% | 1.3% |
| Haringey E09000014 | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Hertfordshire E10000015 | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Oxfordshire E10000025 | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Medway E06000035 | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Dorset E06000059 | 0.8% | 0.6% |
| North Northamptonshire E06000061 | 0.8% | 1.3% |
| North Yorkshire E06000065 | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| Somerset E06000066 | 0.8% | 2.0% |
| Stockport E08000007 | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Wirral E08000015 | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021 | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Calderdale E08000033 | 0.8% | 0.6% |
| Kensington and Chelsea E09000020 | 0.8% | 0.4% |
| Kent E10000016 | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Leicestershire E10000018 | 0.8% | 1.5% |
| Lincolnshire E10000019 | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Surrey E10000030 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Stockton-on-Tees E06000004 | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| Brighton and Hove E06000043 | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| Cheshire West and Chester E06000050 | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| Northumberland E06000057 | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| Buckinghamshire E06000060 | 0.7% | 0.9% |
| Camden E09000007 | 0.7% | 1.3% |
| Tower Hamlets E09000030 | 0.7% | 1.4% |
| East Sussex E10000011 | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| North Lincolnshire E06000013 | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Swindon E06000030 | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Cheshire East E06000049 | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058 | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| West Northamptonshire E06000062 | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| Manchester E08000003 | 0.6% | 1.9% |
| Walsall E08000030 | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Greenwich E09000011 | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| Hounslow E09000018 | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Hampshire E10000014 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Darlington E06000005 | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| York E06000014 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Herefordshire, County of E06000019 | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| North Somerset E06000024 | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Barnet E09000003 | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Brent E09000005 | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Croydon E09000008 | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Islington E09000019 | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Staffordshire E10000028 | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Redcar and Cleveland E06000003 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| South Gloucestershire E06000025 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| West Berkshire E06000037 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Southampton E06000045 | 0.4% | 0.9% |
| County Durham E06000047 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Shropshire E06000051 | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Harrow E09000015 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Hillingdon E09000017 | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| Norfolk E10000020 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Suffolk E10000029 | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| Plymouth E06000026 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Cornwall E06000052 | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Wiltshire E06000054 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Bedford E06000055 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Bromley E09000006 | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Enfield E09000010 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013 | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Lewisham E09000023 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Southwark E09000028 | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Sutton E09000029 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Devon E10000008 | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| Worcestershire E10000034 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Bath and North East Somerset E06000022 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Cumberland E06000063 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Westmorland and Furness E06000064 | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Merton E09000024 | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Richmond upon Thames E09000027 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Westminster E09000033 | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Bristol, City of E06000023 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Bexley E09000004 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Kingston upon Thames E09000021 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| North East Lincolnshire E06000012 | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| Rutland E06000017 | 0.0% | 0.8% |
| Torbay E06000027 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Isles of Scilly E06000053 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| City of London E09000001 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Barnsley E08000038 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016 |
| Sheffield E08000039 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019 |
| North East | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| North West | 1.5% | 1.9% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 1.3% | 1.6% |
| East Midlands | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| West Midlands | 1.1% | 1.6% |
| East of England | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| London | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| South East | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| South West | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| England | 1.0% | 1.2% |
Map
2026 · 130 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in
- 0.0% to 0.4%
- 0.4% to 0.7%
- 0.7% to 1.0%
- 1.0% to 1.5%
- 1.5% to 5.1%
Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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Notes
- All received appeals are described as being lodged. The appeals will be considered by a panel hearing unless they are withdrawn by the parent/carer – this is described as being heard. The heard appeals can be rejected or upheld (that is, successful).
- Reporting year 2026 counts appeals lodged by 1 September 2025 and reporting year 2025 those lodged by 1 September 2024: “In order to allow us to report on the current academic year, only appeals lodged by 1 September and relating to entry into the start of the academic year (for any year group) are collected. Appeals relating to applications for ‘in year’ entry, where a pupil moves during the course of the academic year, are not included.” (the DfE's methodology).
- How the appeals are collected: “Local authorities provide aggregate appeal data for all of their community and voluntary controlled schools via the school admission appeals data collection (APAD), returned to the department each January in relation to appeals submitted by the previous 1 September. Foundation, voluntary aided and academy schools submit their own appeal data via the spring school census (admissions appeals module), also held in January. All LAs are required in principle to provide a return for all of their mainstream community and voluntary controlled schools via the school admission appeals data collection (also known as APAD).” (the DfE's methodology). The figures are given by local authority as the Department for Education publishes them.
- Figures for the total number of admission appeals lodged are provided in this publication but, as described above, the number of appeals actually heard by an appeals panel is considered to be a more reliable indicator.
- “The rate of appeals lodged and heard are calculated using a total number of new admissions estimated from the January school census.” (the DfE's data guidance). “It includes all pupils who were on roll on census day and who were identified as a new entrant into a mainstream maintained or academy school on or after 1 July prior to the academic year starting.” (the DfE's methodology).
- For all all through schools, any appeals received relating to entry into years reception to 6 have been counted as primary appeals, and appeals relating to years 7 upwards as secondary appeals.
- “Caution should be exercised in comparing exact rates for appeals lodged and heard in 2025 with figures for earlier years at the level of sub-phase, governance type or local authority. As was noted, the methodology for calculating the admissions denominator was revised in 2025 and is now presented as an estimate derived from data recorded in the Spring census and GIAS.” (the DfE's methodology). Both years shown are 2025 or later.
- “From 2026, the Isles of Scilly is included as a local authority with no appeals heard.” (the DfE's methodology). The 2026 release's file also gives it for 2025, with no appeals heard.
- Barnsley and Sheffield are given under their codes from before 1 April 2025, as the Department for Education gives them.
- The Department for Education publishes these as accredited official statistics. Its data is released under the Open Government Licence, as its data guidance says; it names no version.