Your right to appeal

Overstone Park Primary School has received more applications than there are places for the 2025-26 academic year.

Reception places have been allocated in accordance with the published oversubscription criteria as stated in our Admissions Policy but you do have the right to appeal against the decision if your child is not offered a place.

School appeal timeline

• Appeals should be submitted by 20th May 2025, 5.00pm.
• Parents/carers’ additional evidence must be submitted within 10 school days of submitting the appeal by email to: appealsteam.ncc@westnorthants.gov.uk. or by post to:
  Appeals Team, Democratic Services, West Northamptonshire Council, One Angel Square, Angel Street, Northampton NN1 1ED
• ​Parents will receive written notification of the appeal date ​at least 10 school days before the date of appeal.
• ​The clerk (or the person organising the appeal) sends appeal papers to parents, the panel and the school ​7 working days before the appeal hearing.
• ​Decisions will be made after all appeals have been heard for the particular school.
• Decision letters will be sent at the earliest possible time and where possible, within 5 working days following decisions.
• Every effort will be made to convene on-time appeals within 40 school days from the closing date for lodging appeals.

View the full appeals timetable

Please visit westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions-and-appeals/appeal-school-place for full details on how to appeal and to access the online appeal form, plus appeals statistics for previous academic years.