School admissions archive 2020-2021


Archive has 150 results

  • Leeds City Council (20 002 640)

    Statement Not upheld School admissions 04-Dec-2020

    Summary: Mrs M complains about an Independent Appeal Panel’s decision not to admit her son to a primary school. There is no fault in the Panel’s decision. The Ombudsman cannot question decisions taken without fault.

  • Liverpool City Council (20 006 934)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 04-Dec-2020

    Summary: A parent complained about the admission appeal panel’s decision to refuse his appeal about a place for his daughter at his preferred primary school. But we do not have reason to investigate the complaint. This is because there is no sign of fault in the way the panel dealt with the appeal which caused the parent an injustice.

  • Buckinghamshire Council (20 007 155)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 02-Dec-2020

    Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about 11 + examination organisation. Mrs X appealed the decision not to award a grammar school place to the Tribunal which remedied the significant injustice.

  • Lancashire County Council (20 007 482)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 30-Nov-2020

    Summary: A parent complained about the decisions of two school admission appeal panels to refuse her appeals for places for her daughter at two academy schools. But we cannot investigate this matter as we are precluded by law from considering complaints about appeals for academy schools.

  • London Borough of Redbridge (20 004 551)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 26-Nov-2020

    Summary: A parent complained about the admission appeal panel’s decision to turn down his appeal about the refusal of a place for his daughter at his preferred primary school. He also complained about the Council’s refusal to reconsider his application following the Schools Adjudicator’s decision to partially uphold an objection to its admission arrangements. But we do not have reason to investigate these matters because there is no sign of fault by the Council or the panel which has caused the parent a significant injustice.

  • Lincolnshire County Council (20 007 205)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 25-Nov-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.

  • Leeds City Council (20 002 856)

    Statement Not upheld School admissions 23-Nov-2020

    Summary: Mrs M complains about an Independent Appeal Panel’s decision not to admit her daughter to a primary school. There is no fault in the Panel’s decision. The Ombudsman cannot question decisions taken without fault.

  • Derby City Council (20 007 439)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 20-Nov-2020

    Summary: The Ombudsman cannot investigate this complaint from a parent about the school admission appeal panel’s decision to turn down her appeal concerning a place for her son at an academy school. This is because the law prevents us from considering complaints about appeals for academies.

  • South Gloucestershire Council (20 004 968)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 13-Nov-2020

    Summary: The Ombudsman does not have grounds to investigate this complaint from a parent about the school admission appeal panel’s decision to refuse her appeal for a place for her son at her preferred primary school. This is because there is no sign of fault in the way the panel considered the appeal.

  • St. Charles RC School (20 004 820)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 12-Nov-2020

    Summary: The Ombudsman does not have reason to investigate this complaint about the refusal of a school place and the admission appeal panel’s decision to turn down an appeal about the refusal. This is because there is no sign of fault by the School or the panel.

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