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Kent County Council (22 017 149)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 26-Mar-2023
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about an unsuccessful appeal for a school place. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault.
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Brighton & Hove City Council (22 008 539)
Statement Upheld School admissions 20-Mar-2023
Summary: Dr X complained the Council applied unlawful, unpublished criteria when allocating places at oversubscribed schools. She also complained about the actions of the Independent Appeal Panel. We have found fault with the way Dr X’s application for a school place was dealt with. To remedy the injustice caused by this fault, the Council has agreed to apologise, make a payment to Dr X, review its policy and provide a copy of this decision to clerks and Panel members.
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Buckinghamshire Council (22 016 706)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 17-Mar-2023
Summary: A parent complained that the Council website’s home to school distance checker showed that his son was wrongly denied a place at his preferred secondary school. But we will not investigate this matter because the parent had a separate right of appeal about the refusal of a school place. In addition, the Council has taken suitable action to correct its website information.
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London Borough of Bromley (22 011 091)
Statement Upheld School admissions 16-Mar-2023
Summary: Ms X complained that the Council delayed in securing a school place for her son, C, and failed to put in place alternative education in the interim. We found the Council was at fault in failing to chase up a school place for C with the school it had identified under the Fair Access Protocol. It also failed to put in place alternative provision while the matter was resolved. As a result, C lost three months’ education and Ms X suffered distress and inconvenience. In recognition of the injustice caused the Council has agreed to apologise to Ms X and make a payment to her.
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St Aloysius RC College (22 016 378)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 13-Mar-2023
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about an unsuccessful appeal for a school place. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault.
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St. Thomas More RC Primary School (22 013 714)
Statement Not upheld School admissions 10-Mar-2023
Summary: there is no fault in the school’s decision to refuse Mr and Mrs P’s request for deferred entry to reception for their children when they start school in September 2024.
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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council (22 002 824)
Statement Upheld School admissions 08-Mar-2023
Summary: The complainant alleged that the Council failed to act properly when her daughter was out of education. We have found some fault by the Council in that it failed to provide alternative education and it failed to ensure its fair access panel decisions are properly recorded. This has caused an injustice to the complainant and to her daughter. We have recommended actions to remedy this, which the Council has accepted. Therefore, we are closing the complaint.
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Warwickshire County Council (22 015 248)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 03-Mar-2023
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the way a selection test for grammar school entry was delivered. Mr X says his son was given inconsistent and confusing information before, and during, the test. He says this affected his son’s performance in the test. This is because it is reasonable for Mr X to use his right of appeal to a Tribunal.
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London Borough of Redbridge (22 015 885)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 02-Mar-2023
Summary: A parent complained that the Council had been unable to find his son a school place because all the schools in the area were full. But we will not investigate this matter because the parent has now accepted an offer of a place for his son at a local school.
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Devon County Council (22 008 428)
Statement Upheld School admissions 28-Feb-2023
Summary: Miss X complained about the Council’s refusal to allow her summer born children to enter reception out of their normal year group. We find the Council failed to properly consider whether it was in the best interests of Miss X’s children to join reception or Year One in September 2023 when they started school. Miss X was caused distress and frustration. The Council has since provided clearer reasons for its refusal that is in line with what was expected of it, which partly remedies the injustice. But, the Council has also agreed to apologise to Miss X and make a service improvement.