If you wish to appeal for a Sixth Form place at RMGS please follow the link to complete our Appeal Form: Edap School Appeal 

Rainham Mark Grammar School operates an independent appeals process to ensure that all appeals for the school can be heard in a fair, objective and consistent manner.

The last day for lodging appeals is 4pm on Thursday, 28th August 2025.  The provisional date scheduled for appeals to be heard is September 2025.

Panel members have been appointed in accordance with the School Admissions Appeals Code 2012. The appointed Independent Clerk will liaise with the three panel members, each of whom will have a copy of your documents. Notes of discussions will take place by the Independent Clerk, with final decisions about all cases being made by the Panel only after ALL appeals have been heard.

As you may be aware, your appeal will be considered in two parts:

Where applicants have been refused admission to a particular school because there are more eligible children than places available and oversubscription criteria have been applied, appeal panels must decide if the school’s admission arrangements were correctly and impartially applied in the individual’s case and decides whether “prejudice” would arise were the child to be admitted.

In the case of an appeal where the child did not reach the specified entry requirements, the panel must not make its own assessment of a child’s ability, but must decide whether the admission authority’s decision that the child was not of the required standard was reasonable in light of the information available to it. In doing so, it must consider whether any process in place to consider such cases (for example, where a pupil had not been studying in England and therefore did not have GCSEs) was carried out in a consistent and objective way.

If you have an equality consideration that has prevented you from providing a written statement and you do not have reasonable support to do so, you are to make the Panel aware at your earliest convenience. Although the Panel would have a duty to consider your reasons, there would need to be clear grounds for them to identify an alternative format for your appeal to be heard.

You will receive a copy of your full case papers via email, at least five calendar days in advance of the start of the appeals.

Please contact the Admissions Administrator at Rainham Mark Grammar School via email on Admissions@rmgs.org.uk If you have any queries. Please be aware that the date and time of the appeals are organised by the independent appeal panel and not the school.

Further information about admissions in Medway can be obtained from the Medway Admissions Team, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, ME4 4TR 01634 331110.

There is a national charity called ACE (Advisory Centre for Education), which is supported by the department for children, schools and families who provide free independent advice on the appeals process. Parents can contact the advice line on 0300 0115 142 or for further information visit www.ace-ed.org.uk.

 

Appeal Dates & Information 

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY. 

If you have not been offered a place at Rainham Mark Grammar School, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. All appeals will be heard online which has the advantage that your appeal can be heard from your home or place of work. 

If you wish to appeal, please use this link to complete your appeal online. Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form – Booklet Link . 

You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school, but on different forms. 

Any letters or reports that you wish the panel to see should be uploaded at this time.  You are asked to bear in mind that if you later send additional information, the closing date is 5 working days before the STAGE 1 hearing.  All appointed panels have agreed NOT to take any late letters or reports after the 5 working day deadline.  This will be strictly enforced.  For secondary/primary transfer appeals, the hearing will take place at least TWO months after the refusal letter.  This gives you plenty of time to get your evidence together if you act early and take account of school holidays. 

Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months.  If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files. 

Full details about the hearing will be sent to you with your invitation to the hearing. 

If you wish to contact the clerk – email:  clerk@educationappeals.com 

 

Timetable for appeals for the 6th form is as follows:

Last day for Lodging appeals

4pm on Thursday 28 August 2025 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard within the first weeks of September. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal on the online form and supply any documentary evidence at this stage e.g. a copy of your result sheet.     Please note the timetable is very short to enable those appellants who win appeals to start as early into the school year as possible.      Click here for the 6th form appeal form.

Appeal date

The date will be during the month of September 2025.