This section of the site provides information on the process of appealing against the decision of a Church of England School in the Diocese of Peterborough not to admit a child to their school.
This section of the site provides information on the process of appealing against the decision of a Church of England School in the Diocese of Peterborough not to admit a child to their school.
Jan Baines is currently managing the admissions and appeals service for the Board. She co-ordinates the appeals process for the Peterborough Diocese Board of Education working 2 days a week from the Education office. All enquires relating to admission appeals should be directed to Jan on (01604) 887061, or if there is no reply from that phone by ringing the main education office number (01604) 887006.
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Admission Appeals: Parents' Guidance 31 July 2008 More details |
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Appeals Procedure 31 July 2008 More details |
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Appeals: Infant Class Size 31 July 2008 More details |
The Governing Body of a Voluntary Aided school is the Admission Authority for the school and is therefore responsible for all admissions and admission procedures. If a year group is oversubscribed - that is more applications than places available, the Governing Body will apply the admissions criteria from the Admission Policy.
The Governing Body will allocate places according to the Policy up to their Published Admission Number.
Some applications will be refused.
Parents/legal guardians of those refused places are then entitled to appeal against the Governing Body's decision.
Appeals are heard by an Independent Appeals Panel. A decision made by the Appeal Panel whether to offer a place at the school, is binding on the Admission Authority and the parent/legal guardian.
The acceptance of a place at an alternative school does not affect your right of appeal.The paper entitled 'Admission Appeals - Guidance Notes for Parents' is available to download on this page and will hopefully give some practical advice regarding the appeals process.
Another source of information and help is the Advisory Centre for Education based in London. (This link will open in a new window.)