This book combines School Applications Explained and the bestselling School Appeals Explained into a comprehensive guide on the School Application and Appeal systems in England. - Worried about how to secure the best possible school place for your child? - Worried about how the increasing demand for school places will affect your chance of getting a school place you are happy with? - Unsure how the school place allocation system works? - Need to do your school place application but don't know where to start? - Been refused a place at the school you wanted? This book will help anyone who is either applying for a school place or facing the prospect of a school appeal. - The school allocation system is explained clearly and simply so that readers understand how it works which will give them an immediate advantage. - Gives a checklist of tasks that parents can work through as they do their application to ensure nothing is missed out - Explains the most common mistakes that parents make in their applications that can cost them the school place they want. - Gives vital information on what parents need to do immediately after National Offer Day if they are unhappy with the place they have been given to increase their chance of getting a place they are happy with- sometimes without having to go to Appeal. - Explains how the School Appeal system works- including how to prepare your case, what happens at the Appeal, suggested questions to ask about the Schools case and example questions that the Panel might ask you. These books were written because the Author sees many parents coming to Appeal who have not secured a place at the school they wanted as they did not understand how the system worked. Knowing how the system works will give parents an advantage in either applying for or appealing for a school place and will increase their chance of securing a place at a school they are happy for their child to attend. The Author has extensive School Appeals experience- from clerking individual appeals, being responsible for the overall running and co-ordination of the School Appeals Service for a large Local Authority and now running their own Admission Appeal Service as well as being an experienced Independent Admission Appeals Panel member.