Archive has 150 results
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Kent County Council (20 001 654)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 04-Aug-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about an unsuccessful school admissions appeal. This is because he is unlikely to determine any injustice to the complainant’s child following fault by the school admissions panel.
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Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (20 001 748)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 04-Aug-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about a school admissions appeal being dismissed. This is because he cannot question the merits of a decision in the absence of fault.
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Maidstone Grammar School For Girls (20 001 428)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 04-Aug-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about the refusal of admittance to the complainant’s referred school for her daughter. This is because there is no evidence fault in the way the Independent Appeal Panel (IAP) hearing the appeal made its decision.
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Churchgate CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School (20 000 685)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 03-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 and so we cannot question the merits of the panel’s decision.
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Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 03-Aug-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the school place offered to her son. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault by the Council.
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Archbishop Beck Catholic College (20 000 599)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 31-Jul-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Miss X’s complaint that the School’s 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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London Borough of Waltham Forest (20 001 657)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 31-Jul-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Ms 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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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (20 001 812)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 30-Jul-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision not to offer a place at infant school A. This is because there is no suggestion of fault in the way the admission panel considered the appeal.
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Hertfordshire County Council (20 001 015)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 29-Jul-2020
Summary: A parent complained about the way the school admission appeal panel dealt with her appeal regarding the refusal of a place for her son at her preferred secondary school. But the Ombudsman cannot investigate this matter because the school in question is an academy school and we have no jurisdiction to consider complaints about appeals for academies.
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Surrey County Council (20 000 709)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 28-Jul-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about her application for a school place. This is because it is reasonable for Miss X to use the appeal rights available to her.