Following a lengthy consultation we begin the process of drafting your appeal.  This includes careful consideration of why you have been refused a place.  Have the criteria been correctly applied?  Have any special circumstances been duly considered? Is there any addtional evidence that is necessary?

We prepare you statement ensuring that all of your strongest grounds are identified and clearly drawn to the panels attention.

We liaise with any third parties who can support your case, and help them to provide information in a way that is most effective.

We ensure that when your case is submitted for the hearing that it reflects your own personal circumstances and highlights the reasons why this choice of school is so important for your child.

All for a single fixed fee of only £395.00 plus VAT.

At any time before your hearing, you can instruct us to review your appeal statement and to examine the school's case with a fine toothcomb. 

We have a detailed consultation with you and having seen the school's case we carefully consider any possible weaknesses.  We talk you through the whole appeal hearing process, with advice about what to say, when to say it and how to present yourself to the panel to have maximum impact.

We prepare a whole appeal bundle for you helping you to be really focussed on the critical issues. Key questions about the school case, details of any breaches of the admissions code or relevant law in the school presentiation and any other factors that may weaken the argument that to admit another child would cause prejudice.  We then provide a list of bullet points about your own personal circumstances that you can expand on in the second part of the hearing.  The other parts of your bundle will contain key school data, extracts from the admissions code relevant to your case and tips about presenting your appeal to the Panel.

This is a fixed fee service of £395 plus VAT

Combine options 1 & 2 and save 10%.  This offer is only available at the point of instruction.

By choosing this option you gain peace of mind and the knowledge that every aspect of your appeal case is being prepared for you.  From inital instruction until the day of the hearing you have immediate, unlimited access to advice in respect of any element of your appeal.

We manage, prepare and advise you about every element of the process.  This is the complete service, ensuring seamless preparation of your child's appeal.

This is a fixed fee of £695 plus VAT - and must be chosen at time of initial instruction.

This is a fixed fee service which covers a consultation, review and written advice to assist you with presenting your appeal. 

This service is a fixed fee of £175 plus VAT.

John's standard hourly rate is £175 per hour plus VAT.  For any separately agreed fees or to instruct John on a standard solicitor's retainer please pay here.  Please note that to instruct us on a standard basis the terms and conditions are contained elsewhere on this site.

Every standard letter, email or telephone call received or made following instruction will be charged at 1 unit (£20.56 inc VAT).  A standard letter is a letter that is on one side of our standard letterheaded paper in Arial 12.  Letters that exceed this will be charged at a time recorded rate.  This also applied to emails, if the email would exceed a page of our standard letterhead it will be charged on a time recorded rate.  Any telephone call under 6 minutes is a routine call.  Any call over 6 minutes will be charged on a time recorded basis.

Failure to pay our charges will result in us ceasing to act and documents will not be sent out if there are outstaning monies due to us.

For £125 plus VAT I will read the school case, any documents you have submitted and provide a written advice in respect of Infant Class Szize Appeals and speak to you to determine if there are any grounds that may lead to a successful appeal.  If a parent wishes me then to undetake the full preparation of the appeal documents, or to provide more detailed advice about how to proceed with the appeal the usual fees will apply, though this fee will be deducted from the final cost. 

All appeallants are reminded that as a result of Infant Class Size Regluations these are extremely difficult appeals to win. 

This is a non standard fee -  please do not choose this option

Agreed fixed fee advice