Swindon Borough Council (25 008 904)

Statement Upheld School admissions 17-Mar-2026

Summary: We found there was fault in the way the Council decided Mrs X’s application for her children to be admitted to Reception out of their normal age group. We recommended the Council apologised and reconsidered its decision.

Leeds City Council (25 024 637)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 17-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council’s schools’ admissions appeal panel refusing her appeal. It is unlikely we would find fault which caused Mrs X to lose out on a school place.

St Luke's C of E Halsall Primary School (25 021 958)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 16-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about the School’s admissions appeal panel refusing her appeal. It is unlikely we would find fault which caused Miss X to lose out on a school place.

London Borough of Bexley (25 024 751)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 16-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about the Council’s decision to process an application for a school place. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault by the Council for us to be able to question its actions.

Archbishop Beck Catholic College (25 027 086)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 16-Mar-2026

Summary: We 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 by the panel for us to be able to question its decision.

Kent County Council (25 020 754)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 13-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the arrangements made for his child to sit the Kent Test for entry to grammar schools. This is because it is reasonable for Mr X to use his right of appeal.

London Borough of Barking & Dagenham (25 023 380)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 12-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council’s refusal to agree to a deferred school entry. We are unlikely to find fault. And the Information Commissioner’s Office is better placed to consider her Data Protection Act complaint.

East Sussex County Council (25 020 277)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 02-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about the Council’s handling of a school admissions appeal. There is not enough evidence of fault by the Council for us to be able to question its actions.

The Cressex Community School (25 021 575)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries School admissions 01-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about an unsuccessful appeal for a school place. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault by the panel for us to be able to question its decision.

London Borough of Ealing (25 008 426)

Statement Upheld School admissions 27-Feb-2026

Summary: The Council’s school appeals panel failed to give proper consideration to the validity of its admissions arrangements when deciding Miss X’s school admissions appeal. This did not cause Miss X an injustice as it is unlikely her child, Y, would have been awarded a school place had the panel properly considered the arrangements. The Council has agreed to remind its appeal staff and panel members to properly consider its admissions arrangements in future.