Nottingham City Council (20 005 140)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 15-Oct-2020

Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Miss X’s complaint that the Council’s Schools Admissions Appeal Panel failed to provide her child with a place at their preferred school. It is unlikely the Ombudsman would find fault which caused them to lose out on a school place.

Derby City Council (20 004 122)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 15-Oct-2020

Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about the refusal of admission to the complainant’s preferred school for her daughter. This is because there is no evidence of fault in the way the Independent Appeal Panel (IAP) hearing the appeal made its decision.

Leeds City Council (20 003 750)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 15-Oct-2020

Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about the refusal of admission to the complainant’s preferred school (School A) for her grandson. This is because there is no evidence of fault in the way the Independent Appeal Panel (IAP) hearing the appeal made its decision.

Nottinghamshire County Council (20 004 982)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 14-Oct-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 their preferred school. It is unlikely the Ombudsman would find fault which caused them to lose out on a school place.

Sheffield City Council (20 002 574)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 08-Oct-2020

Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about an unsuccessful appeal for a school place and the Council’s decision about waiting list priority. This is because we are unlikely to find evidence fault by the panel and the Council, and so we cannot question the merits of their decisions.

St John Fisher Catholic Primary School (20 004 966)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 08-Oct-2020

Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint that the School’s Admissions Appeal Panel failed to provide her child with a place at their preferred school. It is unlikely the Ombudsman would find fault which caused them to lose out on a school place.

Suffolk County Council (20 003 210)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 06-Oct-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 their preferred school. It is unlikely the Ombudsman would find fault which caused them to lose out on a school place.

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (20 003 490)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 06-Oct-2020

Summary: The Ombudsman does not have grounds to investigate this complaint about a school admission appeal panel’s decision. This is because there is no sign of fault by the panel.

Madani Boy's School (19 020 771)

Statement Upheld School admissions 05-Oct-2020

Summary: Mr C complained about an independent appeal panel’s decision not to admit his son to his preferred secondary school. The Ombudsman finds that the independent appeal panel did not act in accordance with the School Admissions Appeals Code 2012. This was fault. To remedy the injustice caused, the School has agreed to our recommendations to arrange a fresh appeal with a new panel and apologise to Mr C.

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (20 002 217)

Statement Not upheld School admissions 05-Oct-2020

Summary: Ms X complains about the way the Council allocated a place for her child at a school and a school admission appeals panel’s decision not to admit her child to a school she expressed a preference for. The Ombudsman has found no evidence of fault in the way the Council allocated Ms X’s child a place at a school. He has also found no evidence of fault in the way the school admissions appeal panel considered Ms X’s appeal. So has completed his investigation.