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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council (20 001 480)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 11-Sep-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council’s Schools Admissions Appeal Panel failed to provide his child with a place at his preferred school. It is unlikely the Ombudsman would find fault which caused them to lose out on a school place.
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London Borough of Newham (19 019 942)
Statement Upheld School admissions 10-Sep-2020
Summary: Mrs X complained about the way the admission Appeal Panel dealt with an appeal for her daughter. There were some flaws in the record of the hearing but this did not affect the Panel’s decision. The Council has agreed to review how it records the decision-making.
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Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 10-Sep-2020
Summary: A parent complained about the school admission appeal panel’s refusal of her appeal concerning a school place for her daughter. But the Ombudsman does not have grounds to investigate the complaint because there is no sign of fault in the way the panel considered the case.
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Southend-on-Sea City Council (20 003 004)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 10-Sep-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about an Independent Appeals Panel’s decision not to admit a child to the complainant’s preferred primary school. This is because there is no fault causing injustice in the way the Independent Appeal Panel (IAP) made its decision.
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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (20 002 209)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 08-Sep-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council’s Schools Admissions Appeal Panel failed to provide his child with a place at his preferred school. It is unlikely the Ombudsman would find fault which caused him to lose out on a school place.
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Hampshire County Council (20 002 588)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 08-Sep-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman does not have grounds to investigate this complaint from a parent about the school admission appeal panel’s decision in her daughter’s case. This is because there is no sign of fault in the way the panel dealt with the appeal.
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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council (20 003 044)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 08-Sep-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint that the Council’s Schools Admissions Appeal Panel failed to provide her child with a place at her preferred school. It is unlikely the Ombudsman would find fault which caused her to lose out on a school place.
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St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School (20 003 463)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 08-Sep-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about the refusal of admission to the complainant’s preferred school for her son. This is because he now has a place at the school so an investigation would not achieve anything further as an outcome.
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St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School, Borehamwood (20 002 689)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 04-Sep-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about an unsuccessful appeal for a school place. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault and so we cannot question the merits of the panel’s decision.
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Southampton City Council (19 015 625)
Statement Not upheld School admissions 02-Sep-2020
Summary: there is no fault in the Council’s consideration of Ms G’s request that her summer born daughter be allowed to decelerate her start at primary school so that she starts in the Reception year in September 2020 rather than year 1