School admissions archive 2019-2020


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  • Cambridgeshire County Council (19 006 585)

    Statement Not upheld School admissions 10-Dec-2019

    Summary: Mr and Mrs P complain following their unsuccessful appeal for a place for their son, B, at primary school. B has since been offered a place at the school, so I do not intend to continue my investigation.

  • Nottinghamshire County Council (19 006 744)

    Statement Upheld School admissions 10-Dec-2019

    Summary: Mr B complains there was fault in how an independent education admission appeal reached its decision on his child’s appeal. We uphold the complaint, finding an appeal panel did not provide satisfactory reasons for its decision. This causes uncertainty as the outcome of the appeal might otherwise have been different. The Council has agreed to arrange a fresh appeal.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire Council (19 008 252)

    Statement Upheld School admissions 06-Dec-2019

    Summary: Miss B complains about an unsuccessful school admission appeal. Miss B says the school admission appeal panel did not consider the evidence she provided or her individual circumstances. The Ombudsman has found fault with no injustice.

  • East Sussex County Council (19 007 142)

    Statement Upheld School admissions 04-Dec-2019

    Summary: Mrs T complains about the independent appeal panel’s decision not to admit her child to her preferred primary school. The Council was at fault in that the clerk did not properly record the panel’s deliberations or the reasons for its decision. The Council was also at fault in that the decision letter did not properly explain the reasons for the panel’s decision. The Council has agreed to offer Mrs T a fresh appeal with a different panel and clerk.

  • Lancashire County Council (19 006 449)

    Statement Upheld School admissions 02-Dec-2019

    Summary: Ms X complained about the Appeal Panel’s decision to refuse her appeal for her child to attend Reception year at the School. There was fault in the way the Panel considered the appeal which leads to uncertainty over the Panel’s decision. The Council has agreed to offer Ms X a fresh appeal.

  • St George's CoE School (Broadstairs) (19 004 727)

    Statement Upheld School admissions 29-Nov-2019

    Summary: Mrs B complained that the School did not properly consider her appeal against the refusal for a place at the school for her daughter, C. The School has offered to re-hear the appeal.

  • London Borough of Hounslow (19 006 823)

    Statement Upheld School admissions 29-Nov-2019

    Summary: There was no fault in the way the appeal panel considered Mr B’s appeal against the refusal of a school place for his son. The panel’s decision was not flawed by fault so the Ombudsman cannot question the outcome of the appeal. But the Council should make sure it clearly communicates the reasons for the panel’s decision.

  • London Borough of Redbridge (19 004 182)

    Statement Upheld School admissions 28-Nov-2019

    Summary: Mr X complains of fault in the way a panel conducted a school admission appeal, denying his daughter a place. The panel misdirected itself by applying the wrong standard for academic suitability. The Council should arrange a fresh appeal with a new panel.

  • Broughton Hall High School, Liverpool (19 004 992)

    Statement Not upheld School admissions 26-Nov-2019

    Summary: the complainant says the School as admissions authority failed to properly consider her application for a place and appeal against the decision to refuse a place. The School says it applied its admissions criteria and the appeal panel considered the evidence put before it on appeal. The Ombudsman finds the School acted without fault in deciding the appeal.

  • Barkston & Syston C of E Primary School, Grantham (19 012 368)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 22-Nov-2019

    Summary: A parent complained about the school admission appeal panel’s decision to turn down appeal for a place for her son at her preferred primary school. But the Ombudsman does not have grounds to investigate the complaint because there is no sign of fault by the panel.

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