Appeals

APPEALS 2026 for Year 7 Entry in September 2026

Tuesday 5th May 2026 to Friday 8th May 2026

Parents/carers should send an email to: admissions@loretogrammar.co.uk to advise of their intention to appeal. Parents/carers must give their reasons for appealing in writing, and submit this by 31st March 2026.

7x paper copies of all documentation and evidence must be submitted by 31st March 2026 to circulate to the Independent Appeals Panel.

You should send your paperwork to:

'The Clerk to the Independent Appeals Panel - Admissions'   Loreto Grammar School, Dunham Road, Altrincham WA14 4AH. 

Offers of places are made on 1st March 2026 through your home Local Authority (LA), in accordance with their statutory timetable. If an application for admissions has been turned down by the Governing Body, parents have the right to appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel. - Admissions Policy - 2026 Entry

An appeal must be sent in writing to the Clerk to the Governors at the school within 20 working school days of refusal; ie, after 1st March 2026 and before 31st March 2026.

The decision of the Appeal Panel is binding on both the School and the appellant.

Offers will be made to all parents by the 'home' authority on 1st March 2026 or the next working day. - Trafford Council's 2026 Secondary Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme

Your 'home' authority is the local authority in which you live. The Online Application System will be available on 1st March 2026. Offer letters will be posted on the next working day.

For more information visit The Education Funding Agency. 

Admissions Policy - 2026 entry

Parent Information Booklet 2025

  Complaints about an academy independent admission appeal panel