Admission Appeals
If your application is
unsuccessful
If parents are dissatisfied
with the result of an application for a particular Community
school, an appeal may be submitted to an Appeal Panel, which is
independent of the Admission Section and Education Department. This
comprises of lay members who have experience in education, or who
are acquainted with the educational conditions in the area, or are
parents of registered pupils at a school.
Separate and distinct Appeal Panels
hear appeals against decisions of the Governors of Church and
Foundation Schools. Guidance on such an appeal should therefore be
sought from the school concerned.
Parents who have applied
unsuccessfully for a particular school will be supplied with an
appropriate appeal form and final date
for submission with the result of their application.
An appeal must be made in
writing on the appropriate form supplied,
setting out the grounds on which it is made. Parents who submit an
appeal will be given the opportunity to speak before the Appeal
Panel if desired. The decision of an Appeal Panel on any appeal is
final and is binding on the Council or the Governors, as
appropriate.
In the case of an unsuccessful appeal,
further applications for a place at the same school will not be
considered during the same academic year unless there are
significant and material changes in the circumstances of parents
and school.