As thousands of children across the country discover that they failed to get a place at the secondary school of their choice, Chris Imafidon, father of the youngest children ever to be admitted to secondary school is prepared to offer some tips for disappointed parents on how to appeal.

Chris Imafidon (father of Britain's brightest) who serves on the Excellence In Education board, gives parents top tips on how boost the chance of appeal success. They include 7 SIMPLE STEPS:

1. Get the right forms and study the schools admission policies, and proceduures IMMEDIATELY, or before 10th March
2. Apply before the deadline, but the earlier, the better. (Don't wait till you get all your points together, you can always update the info supplied)
3. Argue your case of your child's suitability for the school and not a negative campaign against your rejected school
4. Appeals are independent of the school, therefore you have more than 25% of winning
5. You must ask the Headteacher, or their designate about what damage will be done to the school by the school taking on your child, and demonstrate what damage will occur to your child's development of talent, or gifts if denied a space.
6. Don't state how bad the allocated school, but argue, or advance reasons show how appropriate the appealled school is!
7. Get every documentary evidence of your Child's musical, sporting, or other abilities and link it to the desired school.

All the best with your appeals processes, if you have any more enquiries about Secondary School admissions, please don't hesitate to contact us or email info@excellenceineducation.org.uk addressing the email to Chris Imafidon by putting 'Re: Chris' in the subject line.