Timetable for Appeals

• you make an appeal and we decide whether we can deal with the appeal
  
  
  
• If we cannot deal with the appeal, we will write and tell you within
  10 working days.
  
  
• If we need more information before we can make a decision about
  registering your appeal, we will write and ask you to send this information. You will normally have 10 working days to reply
  
  
• If we can deal with the appeal, we will send the LEA a copy of the appeal within 10 working days of receiving it and write to you at the same time. We will also send you a copy of the 'Right to be heard' video so that you know what to expect at the tribunal hearing. We will write to ask you and the LEA about hearing dates
  
  
• If you have not given the LEA enough reasons to respond to your appeal or your disability claim, we will write and ask you to provide full reasons. You will normally have 10 working days to reply. When we receive your reply we will pass it to the LEA
  
  
• The LEA must, and you may, provide a 'case statement' and any more evidence within 30 working days.
  
  
• During the 30 days (the case statement period), we will write to let you know the place and date of the hearing. Both you and the LEA must return a filled-in attendance form by the end of the 30 days, or at a later date if we agree to give you more time.
  
  
• At the end of the case statement period, we will send you a copy of the LEA's case statement and evidence, and the LEA a copy of your case statement and any other evidence.
  
  
• We will confirm the place, date and time of the hearing about 10 working days beforehand.
  
  
• We will send you and the LEA a written decision, usually within 10 working days after the hearing.

You should have our decision on your appeal in about three to four months (four to five months if August is included) from the date we accept your appeal.