Complaint Outcomes: Education archive 2008-09
North Yorkshire County Council & Ermysteds Grammar School, Skipton (08 006 687 + 1 other)
Report alerting parents with children transferring to secondary school in 2010 to the importance of inspecting the arrangements and deciding whether to object to the Schools Adjudicator.
18 March 2009
Guru Nanak Sikh Secondary School, Hayes (08 005 300 + 4 others)
The Governors and Appeal Panel of the School did not handle admission applications or appeals in accordance with binding statutory codes.
12 March 2009
King David Primary School, Liverpool (07C03519 FR)
The School failed to respond adequately to the Ombudsman's critical report on a school admission appeal complaint.
09 March 2009
West Sussex County Council (08 003 017)
A mistake in the school admissions process had a knock-on effect that initially denied a child a primary school place.
04 March 2009
Hayes School, Bromley (08 007 231)
There were significant faults in the way Hayes School, Bromley, handled admission appeals.
26 February 2009
Fulston Manor School, Sittingbourne (08 007 478)
Conduct of school admission appeals breached statutory guidelines.
19 January 2009
Deal Parochial School (08 007 692)
School's ambiguous admission criteria misled a parent - the Ombudsman asks the school to admit the child.
19 January 2009
St Peter's Collegiate C of E School, Wolverhampton (07B03178)
The School Governors failed to provide accurate information on the capacity of the School to an admission appeal panel, and the panel failed to establish whether the School could admit more pupils.
03 December 2008
Herschel Grammar School (08 004 707)
Wrongly giving priority to pupils for whom the School was their first preference while failing to offer a place to a pupil who had a higher 11+ score, contrary to the relevant Admissions Code.
02 December 2008
Luton Borough Council (07B04286) and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council (07B04289)
Delay by Luton BC in following up assessment so a child in its care remained without counselling or therapy for five years. No fault by Southend-on-Sea BC.
20 November 2008
Coopers Company and Coborn School, Upminster (08 003 807 + two others)
School offered places to eight pupils on the grounds of an aptitude for sport or music but had no provision for doing so in its admission arrangements.
15 October 2008
Surrey County Council (07A09449)
Surrey County Council did not provide appropriate education for a boy who was out of school.
15 October 2008
King’s Grammar School, Grantham (07C03329)
Failure to make reasonable adjustments for an autistic boy sitting an 11-plus entrance exam.
28 July 2008
All Saints Benhilton Church of England Primary School, Sutton (07B04448 + two others)
Refusal to offer fresh appeals to parents whose first appeals were not conducted properly.
17 July 2008
Wiltshire County Council (06B06454)
Failure to provide properly for a girl's special educational needs and for the family's social care needs.
17 April 2008
Chosen Hill School, Gloucester (07B04356)
Serious deficiencies in the conduct of admission appeals.
16 April 2008
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (07C03447)
Council wrongly refused to take responsibility for educating a boy with special educational needs.
10 April 2008