Successful secondary school admission appeals by council, England
The share of heard admission appeals for secondary school places that succeeded, 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.
England
19.5%
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 =.
- 1Sunderland88.4%
- 2Halton63.0%
- 3Bath and North East Somerset59.0%
- 4North East Lincolnshire57.1%
- 5Newcastle upon Tyne54.2%
- 6York53.3%
- 7Westmorland and Furness51.5%
- 8Lincolnshire48.7%
- 9Stockton-on-Tees45.5%
- 10Cumberland44.9%
- 11Oxfordshire42.4%
- 12Isle of Wight42.3%
- =13Cornwall41.3%
- =13Rotherham41.3%
- 15Hampshire40.0%
- 16Northumberland38.9%
- 17Norfolk38.2%
- 18Bury38.1%
- 19Dorset37.9%
- 20Kirklees37.5%
- =21Bedford36.8%
- =21Derbyshire36.8%
- 23Shropshire31.7%
- =24Kent30.4%
- =24St. Helens30.4%
- =26Cambridgeshire30.1%
- =26Sefton30.1%
- 28West Berkshire30.0%
- 29Blackpool29.9%
- 30Cheshire East29.6%
- 31Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202529.3%
- 32Kingston upon Hull, City of29.0%
- 33Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202528.2%
- =34Bristol, City of28.1%
- =34Southampton28.1%
- 36Medway27.6%
- 37Central Bedfordshire27.1%
- 38Worcestershire26.9%
- 39Merton25.6%
- 40Gloucestershire25.4%
- 41Bolton25.3%
- 42Gateshead25.0%
- 43Lancashire24.9%
- 44Wiltshire24.6%
- =45North Tyneside24.5%
- =45Plymouth24.5%
- 47Wirral23.2%
- 48Telford and Wrekin22.9%
- =49County Durham22.7%
- =49Windsor and Maidenhead22.7%
- 51North Yorkshire22.3%
- 52North Lincolnshire22.2%
- 53East Riding of Yorkshire21.4%
- 54South Tyneside21.1%
- 55Redcar and Cleveland20.9%
- =56Devon20.8%
- =56Torbay20.8%
- 58East Sussex20.7%
- 59Nottinghamshire20.6%
- 60Barnet20.4%
- 61Brighton and Hove20.3%
- 62Cheshire West and Chester20.0%
- 63Manchester19.7%
- 64Leeds19.1%
- 65Warrington19.0%
- 66Westminster18.9%
- =67Hertfordshire17.9%
- =67North Northamptonshire17.9%
- 69West Sussex17.7%
- =70Hartlepool17.6%
- =70Herefordshire, County of17.6%
- =72Coventry17.4%
- =72Darlington17.4%
- 74Suffolk17.2%
- 75Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole16.8%
- 76Camden16.7%
- 77Walsall16.5%
- 78Wigan16.4%
- 79Nottingham15.8%
- 80Staffordshire15.6%
- =81North Somerset15.4%
- =81Southwark15.4%
- 83Surrey15.3%
- 84Barking and Dagenham14.9%
- =85Hammersmith and Fulham14.8%
- =85Wakefield14.8%
- 87Lewisham14.6%
- =88Doncaster14.3%
- =88Kensington and Chelsea14.3%
- =88Stockport14.3%
- 91Warwickshire14.2%
- =92Essex14.0%
- =92Rochdale14.0%
- 94Islington13.8%
- 95Derby13.7%
- =96Salford13.6%
- =96Tameside13.6%
- 98Oldham13.3%
- 99Luton13.2%
- 100Knowsley12.7%
- 101Buckinghamshire12.5%
- =102Reading12.2%
- =102Sandwell12.2%
- =102South Gloucestershire12.2%
- 105Birmingham11.9%
- 106Ealing11.2%
- 107Stoke-on-Trent11.1%
- 108Bradford11.0%
- 109Trafford10.9%
- 110Richmond upon Thames10.8%
- =111West Northamptonshire10.3%
- =111Wolverhampton10.3%
- =113Portsmouth10.2%
- =113Waltham Forest10.2%
- =115Milton Keynes10.1%
- =115Somerset10.1%
- =117Hounslow9.8%
- =117Lambeth9.8%
- =119Slough9.6%
- =119Swindon9.6%
- 121Liverpool9.4%
- 122Bracknell Forest9.1%
- =123Enfield9.0%
- =123Thurrock9.0%
- 125Blackburn with Darwen8.3%
- 126Leicestershire8.2%
- 127Middlesbrough7.7%
- 128Brent7.6%
- 129Redbridge7.5%
- =130Hackney7.1%
- =130Hillingdon7.1%
- =132Dudley6.5%
- =132Kingston upon Thames6.5%
- =134Bexley6.3%
- =134Southend-on-Sea6.3%
- 136Greenwich5.6%
- =137Calderdale5.3%
- =137Sutton5.3%
- 139Croydon5.1%
- 140Peterborough4.3%
- 141Solihull3.8%
- 142Wokingham3.6%
- 143Wandsworth3.2%
- =144Havering2.9%
- =144Newham2.9%
- 146Leicester2.5%
- 147Bromley1.9%
- 148Harrow1.8%
- 149Tower Hamlets1.4%
- =150City of London0.0%
- =150Haringey0.0%
- =150Isles of Scilly0.0%
- =150Rutland0.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sunderland E08000024 | 88.4% | 95.1% |
| Halton E06000006 | 63.0% | 30.4% |
| Bath and North East Somerset E06000022 | 59.0% | 30.0% |
| North East Lincolnshire E06000012 | 57.1% | 64.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021 | 54.2% | 29.1% |
| York E06000014 | 53.3% | 40.0% |
| Westmorland and Furness E06000064 | 51.5% | 48.8% |
| Lincolnshire E10000019 | 48.7% | 38.6% |
| Stockton-on-Tees E06000004 | 45.5% | 21.3% |
| Cumberland E06000063 | 44.9% | 59.4% |
| Oxfordshire E10000025 | 42.4% | 36.3% |
| Isle of Wight E06000046 | 42.3% | 28.9% |
| Cornwall E06000052 | 41.3% | 51.1% |
| Rotherham E08000018 | 41.3% | 53.8% |
| Hampshire E10000014 | 40.0% | 31.3% |
| Northumberland E06000057 | 38.9% | 37.4% |
| Norfolk E10000020 | 38.2% | 38.6% |
| Bury E08000002 | 38.1% | 29.1% |
| Dorset E06000059 | 37.9% | 32.4% |
| Kirklees E08000034 | 37.5% | 35.8% |
| Bedford E06000055 | 36.8% | 24.1% |
| Derbyshire E10000007 | 36.8% | 28.2% |
| Shropshire E06000051 | 31.7% | 29.3% |
| St. Helens E08000013 | 30.4% | 18.2% |
| Kent E10000016 | 30.4% | 26.7% |
| Sefton E08000014 | 30.1% | 35.5% |
| Cambridgeshire E10000003 | 30.1% | 28.9% |
| West Berkshire E06000037 | 30.0% | 12.5% |
| Blackpool E06000009 | 29.9% | 21.4% |
| Cheshire East E06000049 | 29.6% | 35.9% |
| Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025 | 29.3% | 35.3% |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010 | 29.0% | 25.2% |
| Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025 | 28.2% | 43.0% |
| Bristol, City of E06000023 | 28.1% | 29.4% |
| Southampton E06000045 | 28.1% | 20.7% |
| Medway E06000035 | 27.6% | 21.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire E06000056 | 27.1% | 30.6% |
| Worcestershire E10000034 | 26.9% | 18.3% |
| Merton E09000024 | 25.6% | 19.6% |
| Gloucestershire E10000013 | 25.4% | 25.8% |
| Bolton E08000001 | 25.3% | 21.7% |
| Gateshead E08000037 | 25.0% | 16.1% |
| Lancashire E10000017 | 24.9% | 27.9% |
| Wiltshire E06000054 | 24.6% | 27.6% |
| Plymouth E06000026 | 24.5% | 17.5% |
| North Tyneside E08000022 | 24.5% | 19.5% |
| Wirral E08000015 | 23.2% | 22.4% |
| Telford and Wrekin E06000020 | 22.9% | 23.2% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040 | 22.7% | 28.8% |
| County Durham E06000047 | 22.7% | 27.1% |
| North Yorkshire E06000065 | 22.3% | 27.0% |
| North Lincolnshire E06000013 | 22.2% | 37.5% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011 | 21.4% | 7.1% |
| South Tyneside E08000023 | 21.1% | 31.3% |
| Redcar and Cleveland E06000003 | 20.9% | 16.7% |
| Torbay E06000027 | 20.8% | 20.8% |
| Devon E10000008 | 20.8% | 23.1% |
| East Sussex E10000011 | 20.7% | 23.9% |
| Nottinghamshire E10000024 | 20.6% | 33.2% |
| Barnet E09000003 | 20.4% | 16.7% |
| Brighton and Hove E06000043 | 20.3% | 33.1% |
| Cheshire West and Chester E06000050 | 20.0% | 31.4% |
| Manchester E08000003 | 19.7% | 16.3% |
| Leeds E08000035 | 19.1% | 12.9% |
| Warrington E06000007 | 19.0% | 43.2% |
| Westminster E09000033 | 18.9% | 0.0% |
| North Northamptonshire E06000061 | 17.9% | 15.8% |
| Hertfordshire E10000015 | 17.9% | 21.0% |
| West Sussex E10000032 | 17.7% | 17.0% |
| Hartlepool E06000001 | 17.6% | 18.2% |
| Herefordshire, County of E06000019 | 17.6% | 22.6% |
| Darlington E06000005 | 17.4% | 34.4% |
| Coventry E08000026 | 17.4% | 23.4% |
| Suffolk E10000029 | 17.2% | 27.4% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058 | 16.8% | 19.5% |
| Camden E09000007 | 16.7% | 24.3% |
| Walsall E08000030 | 16.5% | 20.4% |
| Wigan E08000010 | 16.4% | 15.6% |
| Nottingham E06000018 | 15.8% | 24.7% |
| Staffordshire E10000028 | 15.6% | 21.1% |
| North Somerset E06000024 | 15.4% | 13.3% |
| Southwark E09000028 | 15.4% | 21.7% |
| Surrey E10000030 | 15.3% | 17.4% |
| Barking and Dagenham E09000002 | 14.9% | 9.7% |
| Wakefield E08000036 | 14.8% | 28.8% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013 | 14.8% | 3.4% |
| Lewisham E09000023 | 14.6% | 7.3% |
| Stockport E08000007 | 14.3% | 20.6% |
| Doncaster E08000017 | 14.3% | 20.8% |
| Kensington and Chelsea E09000020 | 14.3% | 9.1% |
| Warwickshire E10000031 | 14.2% | 19.9% |
| Rochdale E08000005 | 14.0% | 10.7% |
| Essex E10000012 | 14.0% | 15.3% |
| Islington E09000019 | 13.8% | 11.8% |
| Derby E06000015 | 13.7% | 21.0% |
| Salford E08000006 | 13.6% | 7.8% |
| Tameside E08000008 | 13.6% | 14.1% |
| Oldham E08000004 | 13.3% | 5.6% |
| Luton E06000032 | 13.2% | 8.9% |
| Knowsley E08000011 | 12.7% | 20.7% |
| Buckinghamshire E06000060 | 12.5% | 13.5% |
| South Gloucestershire E06000025 | 12.2% | 23.2% |
| Reading E06000038 | 12.2% | 0.0% |
| Sandwell E08000028 | 12.2% | 9.0% |
| Birmingham E08000025 | 11.9% | 10.8% |
| Ealing E09000009 | 11.2% | 13.2% |
| Stoke-on-Trent E06000021 | 11.1% | 26.7% |
| Bradford E08000032 | 11.0% | 13.4% |
| Trafford E08000009 | 10.9% | 12.5% |
| Richmond upon Thames E09000027 | 10.8% | 15.1% |
| West Northamptonshire E06000062 | 10.3% | 9.9% |
| Wolverhampton E08000031 | 10.3% | 7.6% |
| Portsmouth E06000044 | 10.2% | 13.1% |
| Waltham Forest E09000031 | 10.2% | 8.4% |
| Milton Keynes E06000042 | 10.1% | 17.0% |
| Somerset E06000066 | 10.1% | 14.7% |
| Hounslow E09000018 | 9.8% | 7.0% |
| Lambeth E09000022 | 9.8% | 16.1% |
| Swindon E06000030 | 9.6% | 15.4% |
| Slough E06000039 | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Liverpool E08000012 | 9.4% | 7.6% |
| Bracknell Forest E06000036 | 9.1% | 5.9% |
| Thurrock E06000034 | 9.0% | 11.1% |
| Enfield E09000010 | 9.0% | 13.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen E06000008 | 8.3% | 9.5% |
| Leicestershire E10000018 | 8.2% | 16.6% |
| Middlesbrough E06000002 | 7.7% | 12.5% |
| Brent E09000005 | 7.6% | 4.1% |
| Redbridge E09000026 | 7.5% | 6.0% |
| Hackney E09000012 | 7.1% | 11.2% |
| Hillingdon E09000017 | 7.1% | 13.0% |
| Dudley E08000027 | 6.5% | 17.3% |
| Kingston upon Thames E09000021 | 6.5% | 11.1% |
| Southend-on-Sea E06000033 | 6.3% | 3.8% |
| Bexley E09000004 | 6.3% | 21.1% |
| Greenwich E09000011 | 5.6% | 6.5% |
| Calderdale E08000033 | 5.3% | 16.3% |
| Sutton E09000029 | 5.3% | 8.8% |
| Croydon E09000008 | 5.1% | 5.3% |
| Peterborough E06000031 | 4.3% | 5.8% |
| Solihull E08000029 | 3.8% | 1.8% |
| Wokingham E06000041 | 3.6% | 12.2% |
| Wandsworth E09000032 | 3.2% | 7.1% |
| Havering E09000016 | 2.9% | 8.2% |
| Newham E09000025 | 2.9% | 5.7% |
| Leicester E06000016 | 2.5% | 7.1% |
| Bromley E09000006 | 1.9% | 9.7% |
| Harrow E09000015 | 1.8% | 7.0% |
| Tower Hamlets E09000030 | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Rutland E06000017 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Isles of Scilly E06000053 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| City of London E09000001 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Haringey E09000014 | 0.0% | 4.6% |
| 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 | 32.7% | 27.6% |
| North West | 19.1% | 19.3% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 22.2% | 23.8% |
| East Midlands | 21.6% | 23.5% |
| West Midlands | 14.3% | 15.7% |
| East of England | 19.2% | 20.7% |
| London | 8.3% | 10.1% |
| South East | 23.6% | 21.5% |
| South West | 23.8% | 25.3% |
| England | 19.5% | 19.9% |
Map
2026 · 130 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in
- 0.0% to 7.7%
- 7.7% to 12.7%
- 12.7% to 17.9%
- 17.9% to 28.1%
- 28.1% to 88.4%
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.
- The rate of appeals which were decided in the parents’ favour is calculated as a proportion of those heard and is therefore unaffected throughout. Because the number of appeals heard can be very small at local authority level, there can be significant variation in rates upheld (calculated as percentage of the appeals heard) which only relate to a numerical difference of one or two appeals being successful.
- Where no appeals were heard there is no success rate to make; the Department for Education prints 0 and the hub shows it as published: in 2026 for City of London, Isles of Scilly and Rutland; in 2025 for City of London and Isles of Scilly.
- 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.
- “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.