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St Patrick's RC High School & Arts College (20 002 665)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 20-Aug-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint that the Schools Admissions Appeal Panel failed to provide her child with a place at this school. It is unlikely the Ombudsman would find fault which caused her to lose out on a school place.
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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (20 001 258)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 19-Aug-2020
Summary: A parent complained about the way that the Council had dealt with her applications for a school place for her son. But the Ombudsman does not have reason to start an investigation of this complaint. This is mainly because there is no sign that any fault by the Council has caused the parent a significant injustice to warrant our involvement.
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The Radclyffe School (20 001 741)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 19-Aug-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Schools Admissions Appeal Panel failed to provide his child with a place at this school. It is unlikely the Ombudsman would find fault which caused them to lose out on a school place.
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Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham (20 003 023)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 18-Aug-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Miss B’s complaint that the admission authority for a Voluntary Aided school has been at fault in allowing appeals for places for admission in 2020/2021. This is because it is unlikely we would find fault on the authority’s part.
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King David Primary School (20 001 354)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 18-Aug-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about the refusal of admission to the complainant’s preferred school for his daughter. This is because there is no evidence of fault in the way the Independent Appeal Panel hearing the appeal made its decision. Additionally no injustice has been caused by the School in its handling of the complainant’s additional information.
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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council (20 000 892)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 18-Aug-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 by the panel, and so we cannot question the merits of its decision.
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Valley Gardens Middle School (20 001 035)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 18-Aug-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman does not have grounds to investigate this complaint from a parent about a school admission appeal panel in his child’s case. This is because there is no sign of fault in the way the panel made its decision which affected the outcome.
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Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys (20 001 158)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 18-Aug-2020
Summary: A parent complained that the school admission appeal arrangements in her son’s case were unfair. But the Ombudsman has no reason to investigate the complaint as there is no sign of fault in the way the panel dealt with the appeal.
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St Damian's RC Science College, Ashton-under-Lyne (20 002 082)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 18-Aug-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about an unsuccessful school admissions appeal. This is because he cannot question the merits of a properly made decision in the absence of fault, or determine a personal injustice.
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Statement Upheld School admissions 17-Aug-2020
Summary: The independent admission appeal panel failed to properly consider the grounds of Ms G’s case before deciding it did not outweigh the admission authority’s case and upholding the appeal. This amounts to fault. The admission authority will arrange a fresh appeal with a different appeal panel to consider the appeal now