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School admissions Maladministration causing injustice
29 March 2006
‘Mrs Park’ (not her real name for legal reasons) sent her son to a school that was due to close, but she was reassured by a categorical statement by the Council that all pupils at the school would be found places at a new academy. In the event, the academy could not accommodate all of the pupils, and Mrs Park’s son was not offered a place.
The Ombudsman found that the Council’s categorical promise of places was maladministration in that certainty was never really possible. The promise should have been suitably qualified. Even without maladministration Mrs Park’s circumstances would have been difficult, but she suffered the injustice of needless additional anxiety and distress. In the end a place at the academy became available from the waiting list, and a place was offered to Mrs Park’s son – an offer which was accepted.
The Ombudsman found maladministration causing injustice and recommended that the Council should pay Mrs Park £250.
Date Updated: 01/03/10
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