Appeals timetable

Under the School Admission Appeals Code, which came into force on 1 October 2022, Admission Authorities must publish an appeals timetable no later than 28 February each year. Below is a guide to the dates and deadlines admission appeals for the 2023 to 2024 academic year are scheduled (however it is emphasised that the dates are indicative and may be subject to minor amendment).

• Letters will be dispatched to parents including their “offer” for which school their children will attend on Wednesday, 1 March 2023.
• The deadline for parents to lodge an appeal against refusal of admission to a school will be 20 school days after the issue of the “offer” letters. This being Wednesday, 29 March 2023.
• Any appeals lodged within this deadline must be heard 40 school days from Wednesday, 29 March 2023, although the appeals code states that parents must also be given a minimum of 10 school days’ notice of their appeal hearing date. On this basis, it is planned for appeal hearings to start the week commencing Wednesday, 3 May 2023 with on time appeal applications being concluded by Wednesday, 15 June 2023.
• Applications for an appeal "in year" will be arranged within 30 school days.

• Letters will be dispatched to parents including their “offer” for which school their children will attend on Monday, 17 April 2023.
• The deadline for parents to lodge an appeal against the refusal of admission to a school will be 20 school days after the issue of the “offer” letters. This being Tuesday, 16 May 2023.
• Any appeals lodged within this deadline must be heard 40 school days from Tuesday, 16 May 2023, although the appeals code states that parents must also be given a minimum of 10 school days’ notice of their appeal hearing date. On this basis, it is planned for appeal hearings to start week commencing Monday, 12 June 2023 with on time appeal applications being concluded by Tuesday, 18 July 2023.
• In regard to appeal requests that have not been submitted by the deadline, every effort will be made to incorporate them among the other appeals for that school and they should be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals where this is possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged (whichever is the later).
• Applications for an appeal “in year” will be arranged within 30 school days.