LGO Individual Decisions

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.

Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about an unsuccessful appeal for a school place. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault.

Summary: Miss X complained that the independent appeal panel which heard her appeal for a place for her son at the School did not deal with her case fairly as it did not consider her circumstances fully. We find that the panel was at fault in failing to consider her case fully and failing to explain the reasons for its decision. The School has agreed to arrange a fresh hearing and review information it provides about one of the categories in the admission criteria.

Summary: We found fault on Miss M’s complaint about the appeal panel failing to follow proper procedures when it rejected her appeal against the School governors’ decision to refuse her son a place in year 7. There is no evidence of the decision at the stage 1 hearing. Irrelevant information was considered. Not all her submissions were considered. Evidence was supplied after the first stage hearing which appellants did not see. There was a failure to record reasons for the panel’s decision. The agreed action remedies the injustice caused.

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.