School admissions appeals

Secondary transfer appeal information 2026

Slough Borough Council schools

Parents can now accept/decline places online by logging back into your E-Application and Accept or Decline by 15 March 2026.

Failure to respond by 15 March 2026 may result in the place being offered to another child.

Please note: to accept a school place your child has been offered will:

  • not affect your right to appeal against other preferences, which were not offered
  • still allow your child to be on the waiting list for an alternative school. 

Slough schools we process appeals for

The Independent School Appeals Panel of Slough Borough Council hears appeals for the following secondary school:

Wexham Secondary School

To submit an appeal, please visit the submit an appeal page on the Slough Borough Council website.

The Clerk to the Appeal Panel can be contacted by emailing School.Appeals@slough.gov.uk

Appeals must be submitted by 27 March 2026.

Slough schools that administer their own appeals

The schools listed below manage their own appeals. Please contact the school directly for information about how to submit an appeal.

Consortium Grammar Schools

To appeal for any of the Consortium Grammar Schools: 

  • Herschel Grammar School
  • Langley Grammar School
  • St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School
  • Upton Court Grammar School

Please visit the individual school’s website and follow their appeals process.

Baylis Court School

Complete your appeal using the online form available on the school’s website.

If you need help completing the form telephone 020 3151 0400 and choose option 1.

For appeal enquiries, please contact Baylis Court School directly.

Beechwood School

To request an appeal form, please call or email the school:

For appeal enquiries, please contact Beechwood School directly.

Ditton Park Academy

Please download an appeal form from the Ditton Park Academy website and send the completed form marked 'Private and Confidential' to:

The Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel
Ditton Park Academy
Kings Reach
Slough, Berkshire
SL3 7UX

For appeal enquiries, please contact the Ditton Park Academy directly.

Eden Girls’ School, Slough

To request an appeal form please contact the school by:

Send completed forms marked 'Private and Confidential' to:

Eden Girls’ School, Slough
183–187 Bath Road
Slough
SL1 4AA

For appeal enquiries, please contact Eden Girls’ School directly.

Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy

Please send completed appeal forms to:

Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy
Stoke Road
Slough, Berkshire
SL2 5AY

For appeal enquiries, please contact Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy directly.

Slough & Eton School

If you wish to appeal, please complete your appeal online using this online form.

If you need help completing the form, telephone 020 3151 0400 and choose option 1.

The Clerk to the Appeal Panel can be contacted by emailing clerk@educationappeals.com.

Appeals must be submitted by 4pm on 2 April 2026.

Please note: appeals will be accepted after this date but may not be heard with on-time appeals.

St Joseph’s Catholic High School

To request an appeal form, please contact the school:

For appeal enquiries, please contact St Joseph’s Catholic High School directly.

The Langley Academy

To request an appeal form, please contact the Academy on:

  • Telephone: 01753 214485

Please send completed appeal forms marked 'Private and Confidential' to:

The Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel
The Langley Academy
Langley Road
Slough, Berkshire
SL3 7EF

Appeals must be submitted by 4pm on 2 April 2026.

Please note: appeals will be accepted after this date but may not be heard with on-time appeals.

The Westgate School

Please download an appeal form from the Westgate School’s website and send it to the address stated on the form.

For appeal enquiries, please contact The Westgate School directly.

Buckinghamshire County Council

Visit the Buckinghamshire County Council how to make an appeal webpage.

To request an appeal form for the following schools, please contact the school directly:

London Borough of Hillingdon

Send a letter directly to the school concerned. School details are available on the London Borough of Hillingdon website.

For specific enquiries please contact the School Placement and Admissions Team by emailing admissions@hillingdon.gov.uk.

Reading Borough Council

Clerk to the Appeals Panel
Committee Services
Reading Borough Council
Civic Offices
Bridge Street
Reading
RG1 2LU

Telephone: 0118 937 2532

For information about school appeals, please visit the Reading Borough Council website.

Surrey County Council

For Community or Voluntary Controlled schools, please visit the Surrey County Council school admission appeals webpage.

Here you can check whether they manage the appeals for your preferred school for foundation, voluntary aided, trust schools, academies or free schools.

You may also contact the school directly by telephone or email.

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM)

RBWM Church Aided schools, please contact the school directly.

Further information is available on the RBWM school admissions appeal page.