How we can help

With many years experience in school admissions we a have 360° perspective of how the admission system works±.  We combine this knowledge with trained coaching skills to help you consider how to handle your appeal.  Our success rate in helping people to win their is outstanding

Our aim is to give you the self-belief to present you appeal clearly and confidently.  We know that whatever the outcome you want to be able to say that you've done everything you could to get your son or daughter into your chosen school.

We can let help you through the process by:

• taking a supportive look at your reasons for wanting this school
• where you can question and challenge the reasons for being refused
• coaching to present yourself and your case to the Appeals Panel

We have a selection of  packages to support parents who want to make an appeal.  As part of these we will:

• give you an honest opinion of how strong your case is¤
• look at the case for refusing your child a place and suggest areas that you may wish to challenge
• coach you to confidently present your own appeal.

¤Please note that this is just an opinion and should not be taken as an indicator that an appeal would definitely be upheld or rejected.

Contact us either before you submit your written appeal or before your appeal hearing. After talking to you and reading any written submissions, we will give you our feedback. We will then arrange a coaching session to talk about presenting your appeal.

We offer a low price consultation.  Once you've talked to our appeal coaching staff you can decide whether you want to go ahead and use our services.  If you do, the cost of your initial consultation is deducted from price of any service over £140).  We realise that different people will have different needs.  So we have a range of services we can offer.  These range from email support only through to our full service which includes

• Low Cost initial consultation (price deducted from full service cost)
• Feedback on any written submissions you make about your appeal
• Up to three x 1 hour telephone consultations to help prepare your appeal
• Research into the admissions process for the school(s) you have been refused
• Report to supporting phone calls, outlining relevant point
• Written report on the admission authority's case, suggesting questions you may wish to ask at the appeal
• Unlimited email access throughout the appeals process with responses normally within 24 hours (48 at weekends)

The average time spent working on your appeal this way is around 15 hours. 

We understand your situation and offer ongoing support if you need to make a complaint. 

For more information see our service plans.

± Just so that you know, our experience includes: 

• Day-to-day experience of administering school admission applications
• Preparation and presentation of admission authority appeal statements
• leading development of co-ordination schemes across several local authorities
• Development of School Admission Forums
• Review of school admission policies
• Implementing legislative changes in relation to school admissions and school organisation
• School organisation consultations throughout statutory processes
• Successfully using this experience in supporting parents who have been refused the school of their choice.

*We require a copy of the letter from the Clerk to the Appeal Panel to confirm the outcome of your appeal. You will then receive up to 25% of your fee back.  If you have appealed to more than one school, you would need to be unsuccessful at every appeal in order to be eligible for a refund.