Royal Borough of Greenwich (21 009 449)

Statement Upheld School admissions 28-Feb-2022

Summary: Mr X says the admissions appeal panel did not take account of his medical conditions and did not treat him fairly. There was inadequate detail in the clerk’s notes to conclude Mr X’s appeals were conducted properly. However, the identified fault did not cause Mr X significant injustice to warrant further pursuit of this complaint by, or a remedy from, the Ombudsman.

Royal Borough of Greenwich (21 010 018)

Statement Upheld School admissions 28-Feb-2022

Summary: Mr X says the admissions appeal panel did not take account of his medical conditions and did not treat him fairly. There was inadequate detail in the clerk’s notes to conclude Mr X’s appeals were conducted properly. The Council agreed to arrange a rehearing of one of Mr X’s appeals with a new appeal panel.

All Hallows R C High School (21 006 578)

Statement Upheld School admissions 25-Feb-2022

Summary: Miss H complains in relation to an unsuccessful school admissions appeal. She says the appeal process did not follow the School Admissions Appeal Code and that ultimately, this prejudiced the decision by the appeals panel to not admit her son. We have not found any evidence of fault in the way the appeal was heard and how the decision to refuse admission was reached. We therefore have no jurisdiction to question the merits of the admission authority’s decision to refuse admission. However, we did identify minor fault by the admission authority’s clerk with respect to how it communicated the panel’s decision to Miss H. That said, the fault had no bearing on the appeals process or decision reached and so we do not consider Miss H or Child X suffered an injustice by reason of it.

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council (21 012 205)

Statement Not upheld School admissions 23-Feb-2022

Summary: investigation of this complaint about an admission appeal panel’s handling of an appeal for a place in year 1 of an infant school has been discontinued. This is because there is no worthwhile outcome that can be achieved as a result of further investigation.

Avon Valley School, Rugby (21 015 424)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 17-Feb-2022

Summary: We do not have reason to investigate this complaint about a school admission appeal panel. This is because there is no sign of fault by the panel in question.

Somerset County Council (21 006 169)

Statement Not upheld School admissions 16-Feb-2022

Summary: The Council was not at fault when it decided to withhold a letter written by a school for a school admissions appeal hearing. This is because the School Admissions Appeal Code is clear that schools cannot support individual cases. In the absence of procedural fault, we cannot question the merits of the panel’s decision to refuse the appeal.

Somerset County Council (21 006 218)

Statement Not upheld School admissions 16-Feb-2022

Summary: The Council was not at fault when it decided to withhold a letter written by a school for a school admissions appeal hearing. This is because the School Admissions Appeal Code is clear that schools cannot support individual cases. In the absence of procedural fault, we cannot question the merits of the panel’s decision to refuse the appeal.

Somerset County Council (21 006 227)

Statement Not upheld School admissions 16-Feb-2022

Summary: The Council was not at fault when it decided to withhold a letter written by a school for a school admissions appeal hearing. This is because the School Admissions Appeal Code is clear that schools cannot support individual cases. In the absence of procedural fault, we cannot question the merits of the panel’s decision to refuse the appeal.

Somerset County Council (21 006 238)

Statement Not upheld School admissions 16-Feb-2022

Summary: The Council was not at fault when it decided to withhold a letter written by a school for a school admissions appeal hearing. This is because the School Admissions Appeal Code is clear that schools cannot support individual cases. In the absence of procedural fault, we cannot question the merits of the panel’s decision to refuse the appeal.

Somerset County Council (21 006 279)

Statement Not upheld School admissions 16-Feb-2022

Summary: The Council was not at fault when it decided to withhold a letter written by a school for a school admissions appeal hearing. This is because the School Admissions Appeal Code is clear that schools cannot support individual cases. In the absence of procedural fault, we cannot question the merits of the panel’s decision to refuse the appeal.