I have just read on the government statistics website that 17.4 percent of appeals in Slough and 13.5 percent of appeals in Trafford for secondary schools are succesful. I assume this has to do with the fact that these are grammar school areas and that one can therefore appeal against the 11+ results. Has anyone experience with appeals in these areas? Any tips in particular how to argue that it is more important for you child to go to the school than for the school to not to be oversubscibed.