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School admission appeals data collection guide

Guide for local authorities to help them complete and return the 2027 school admission appeals data collection.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education
Published:
1 December 2017
Last updated:
14 September 2026
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  1. Updated 'School admission appeals data collection: guide for local authorities' for 2027.

  2. Published the guide for the 2026 collection.

  3. Updated page with the 2025 guide.

  4. The school admission appeals data collection guide for local authorities has been updated for 2024.

  5. Updated 'School admission appeals data collection 2023: guide for local authorities' to correct the date appeals have to be lodged by which was incorrectly stated as 1 September 2023 on page 9 and should be 2022.

  6. The school admission appeals data collection guide for local authorities has been updated for 2023.

  7. Updated guide for school admission appeals data collection 2022.

  8. Added guide for school admission appeals data collection 2021.

  9. Updated guide for school admission appeals data collection 2020.

  10. Added 2019 guide.

  11. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

School admission appeals data collection 2027: guide for local authorities

PDF, 874 KB, 13 pages

Details

Guidance on the data that local authorities need to provide to complete their 2027 school admission appeals data collection (also known as APAD).

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