Appeals - Henrietta Barnett School

Appeal Dates & Information

Appeals for Year 7 Entry

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If you have not been offered a place at Henrietta Barnet School, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. All appeals will be heard online which has the advantage that your appeal can be heard from your home or place of work.

If you wish to appeal, please use this link to complete your appeal online. Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form. Booklet Link

You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school but on different forms.

Any letters or reports that you wish the panel to see should be uploaded at this time. You are asked to bear in mind that if you later send additional information, the closing date is 5 working days before the STAGE 1 hearing. All appointed panels have agreed NOT to take any late letters or reports after the 5 working day deadline. This will be strictly enforced. For secondary/primary transfer appeals, the hearing will take place at least TWO months after the refusal letter. This gives you plenty of time to get your evidence together if you act early and take account of school holidays.

Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.

Full details about the hearing will be sent to you with your invitation to the hearing.

If you wish to contact the clerk – email: [email protected]

The timetable for appeals is as follows: –

Last day for lodging appeal forms for a place in year 7 to start in September 2024	4pm on Tuesday 2 April 2024 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard in the first tranche of appeals. Appeals lodged later may not be heard until the second tranche which could be in September 2024. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal and supply any documentary evidence at this stage.
The stage 1 part of the hearing (with other parents present) will take place on	Monday 10 June 2024 at 9.00 am
Part 2, the individual private hearings will take place on	Monday 10 June 2024 (depending on the number of appeals)
Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel	At least 10 school days before the stage 1 hearing.
Any additional supporting evidence	Closing date is 3^rd June 2024. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please provide the Clerk with FIVE copies of any new additional evidence BY POST ONLY. All such evidence to be submitted in A4 format and NOT bound, but may be stapled on the top left hand corner. Paperwork submitted with your appeal form does not need to include 5 copies. These must be sent to EdAp, Sopers House, Sopers Road, Cuffley, Herts, EN6 4RY.
Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel	Due to the high number of appeals held at this time, this may not be sent until up to 10 working days after the last hearing for the school.

Appeals for In-year Entry

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If you have not been offered a place following an in-year application, the law entitles you to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. Appeals for In year admissions are held online.

Please note that you can only appeal if you have been refused a place in writing after making a formal application. The links below are NOT application forms.

If you wish to appeal, please use this link to complete your appeal online. Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form. Booklet Link

If you wish to contact the clerk – email : [email protected]

If the appeal link does not work type in the URL address box: www.edap.link/myschoolappeal

Information about Secondary Transfer appeals will be posted on this website before 28 February 2024.

The timetable for ‘in-year’ appeals is as follows:

Last day for lodging appeal forms following a refusal for a place ‘in year’ or ‘mid-term’, excluding 6^th Form.	You must lodge the appeal form within 20 school days of receipt of your letter of refusal. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal and supply documentary evidence at this stage. Appeals are held within 30 school days of receipt of the appeal form.
Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel	At least 10 school days before the hearing. This MAY be e mailed.
Any additional supporting evidence	FIVE working days before your hearing. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please provide the Clerk with FIVE copies of any additional evidence by POST. All such evidence to be submitted in A4 format and NOT bound, but may be stapled on the top left-hand corner. Paperwork submitted with your appeal form does not need to include 5 copies. These should be sent to PO BOX 367, Cuffley, Herts, EN6 4XZ.
Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel	Usually within 5 – 10 school days after the hearing.

Appeals for 6th Form Entry

Timetable for appeals for the 6th form is as follows:

Last day for Lodging appeals

4 pm on Thursday 29 August 2024 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard within the first weeks of September. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal on the online form and supply any documentary evidence at this stage e.g. a copy of your result sheet.

Please note the timetable is very short to enable those appellants who win appeals to start as early into the school year as possible.

Click here for the 6^th form appeal form

Appeal date

The date will be during the month of September 2024.

The Government’s April 2020 guidance on appeals can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/admission-appeals-for-school-places

Year 7 Appeals

In June 2021, 10 appeals were heard; none were successful

In June 2022, 3 appeals were heard; none were successfulI

In June 2023, 1 appeal was heard; it was unsuccessful

In Year Entry

In June 2021, no appeals were heard.

In June 2022, no appeals were heard.

In June 2023, 2 appeals was heard; neither was successful

Year 12

In June 2021, no appeals were heard.

In June 2022, no appeals were heard.

In June 2023, 1 appeal was heard; it was unsuccessful

Our Stats

1911 School Founded by Dame Henrietta Barnett
Over 88% A*-A at A Level and 97% A*-B; 94% Grades 8 and 9 at GCSE in Summer 2022
State School of Year 2023 for academic achievement in The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide
34 Oxbridge offers January 2023 (24% of the Year 13 year group)

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