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TheSchoolRun.com closure date

As we informed you a few months ago, TheSchoolRun has had to make the difficult decision to close due to financial pressures and the company has now ceased trading. We had hoped to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.

As a result, we now have to permanently close TheSchoolRun.com. However, to give subscribers time to download any content they’d like to keep, we will keep the website open until 31st July 2025. After this date, the site will be taken down and there will be no further access to any resources. We strongly encourage you to download and save any resources you think you may want to use in the future.

In particular, we suggest downloading:

You should already have received 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep. If you haven’t received these, please contact us at [email protected] before 31st July 2025, and we will send them to you.

We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.

School admissions appeals forms: a step-by-step guide

School admissions appeals forms: a step-by-step guide
If you’ve just found out that your child hasn’t got a place in the school they wanted, the good news is that you can appeal the decision. Read our comprehensive guide on how to write a good appeals form and what information you need to include.

Applying for a new school can be stressful enough without the added disappointment of finding out your child didn’t get a place in the school you really wanted. It’s easy to feel helpless when this happens, but there is a standard appeals process in place that you can follow if you want to try to reverse the school’s decision. Approximately 25% of secondary schools appeals are successful, so it’s well worth having a go if you feel you have a solid argument.

1. Accept the place you have been given, and go on waiting lists.

The most important thing to happen out of this process is that your child has a school to go to at the start of the autumn term. So, accept a place that you have been given, and make sure you’re on the waiting list of your preferred school even if this is the decision you’re appealing. This may not happen automatically, so it’s best to check that your child’s name is on the right waiting lists yourself.

Remember that your child can be on waiting lists for more than one school – even schools that you haven’t applied for. You can also submit more than one appeal to different schools.

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