School exclusions


Recent statements in this category are shown below:

  • Lancashire County Council (23 013 684)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School exclusions 17-Jan-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s alleged failure to properly conduct an independent review panel. This is because an investigation would be unlikely to find fault with the Council’s actions.

  • City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (23 008 957)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School exclusions 10-Oct-2023

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council’s Independent Review Panel considered the complainant’s son’s exclusion from school. This is because there is no evidence of fault on the Independent Review Panel’s part.

  • Cumberland Council (23 002 605)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School exclusions 09-Jul-2023

    Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about a panel hearing considering the permanent exclusion of a child from a school. This is because the complaint does not meet the tests in our Assessment Code on how we decide which complaints to investigate. Mr X is complaining on behalf of the school, which is public body.

  • London Borough of Ealing (22 004 604)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School exclusions 13-Jul-2022

    Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about the refusal of a school to reconsider its decision to permanently exclude Mr X’s child following the recommendation of an Independent Review Panel. There is an absolute bar that prevents us investigating the action of a school.

  • Worcestershire County Council (21 017 700)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School exclusions 24-Mar-2022

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the permanent exclusion from school of Miss X’s child. We cannot investigate the actions of a school. Miss X was offered a right of appeal to an independent review panel organised by the Council. There is not enough evidence of fault by the Council to warrant investigation.

  • Central Bedfordshire Council (21 015 713)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School exclusions 23-Feb-2022

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about an independent review panel hearing for a permanent school exclusion. There is not enough evidence of fault by the panel to warrant investigation.

  • Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (21 013 634)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School exclusions 26-Jan-2022

    Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Independent Review Panel held following his son’s exclusion from school was procedurally flawed. That is because the Council was acting on behalf of an academy school and we have no jurisdiction to consider complaints about academies.

  • London Borough of Waltham Forest (21 012 795)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School exclusions 17-Jan-2022

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a permanent exclusion because there is no evidence of fault in the way the Independent Review Panel (IRP) reached its decision to uphold the exclusion.

  • Lancashire County Council (20 011 532)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School exclusions 28-Apr-2021

    Summary: We cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about schools’ decisions to exclude his child. We will not investigate an Independent Review Panel’s process as it is unlikely we could provide a significantly different outcome and there has been no significant injustice caused.

  • Lancashire County Council (19 017 975)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries School exclusions 14-Mar-2020

    Summary: The Ombudsman cannot investigate Mrs B’s complaint about the decision not to reinstate her daughter following her exclusion from school. This is because we cannot consider disciplinary decisions made by school governors.

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