To be able to appeal, you must be:

• a parent. In education law ‘parent’ means you are either a birth parent, have acquired parental responsibility or have care of the child (e.g. a foster parent or grandparent with whom the child lives).
• or a young person over the age of 16.

If the decision concerns a child, it is the parent who has the right of appeal.

If the decision concerns a young person, then it is the young person who has the right of appeal.

There are no fees for parents or young people to pay.