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- If your request for a place at a particular school has been turned down, you will be offered an alternative. If, however, you wish to appeal against the decision, you can do so by completing an appeal form online at www.stockport.gov.uk/admissionappeals.
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Aug 15, 2024 · If you're refused a school place and you appeal the decision, you should be aware the threshold for infant classes is high. There are very few appeals that are successful. You can...
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- Introduction
- Your Right of Appeal
- Education, Health & Care Plan
- Things to Consider Before You Appeal
- Your Case For Appeal
- The Appeals Process
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- Appeals For Boarding Schools
This advice is for parents who applied for a place at a school that was refused and may be considering appealing the decision. It provides information about: 1. what you should consider before making the decision to appeal 2. how you can exercise your right of appeal 3. what you can expect at each stage of the appeals process We have based this adv...
If you’ve applied to a school and it does not offer your child a place, you have the right to appeal this decision. If you or your child applied to a school sixth form and it does not offer your child a place, both you and your child can appeal the decision. You can only appeal once for a place in the same school in the same academic year. However,...
If your child has an Education, Health and Care planthat names a school and that school is refusing admission, you should speak to the local council that issued the plan. The appeals process described in this guidance is not relevant in these circumstances.
There are things you need to consider before you make a school admission appeal. You will have to set your appeal out in writing and attend an appeal hearing. You should be aware that an appeal can prolong the period of uncertainty for parents and children, so it’s important to be realistic about your reasons for appealing and the chances of being ...
It’s important that you clearly set out the reasons why your child should have a place at your choice of school in both your written appeal and at the appeal hearing. You can make an appeal because you want your child to attend a particular school over any other, but the stronger your reasons the better chance you have of your appeal being successf...
The admission decision letter informing you that your child was refused a place at your preferred school will: 1. explain how you can appeal this decision 2. tell you where to send your appeal to, and the deadline for appealing You will need to submit your appeal in writing. If you have trouble completing this form due to a disability or a need for...
The admission authority will decide the format of the appeal hearing. Your appeal may take place in person or remotely by video conference, or a hybrid of the two - where one or more participants attend in person and one or more participants attend remotely. In some cases stage 1 and stage 2 of an appeal may be held in different formats. Appeal hea...
This is an example of how an appeal hearing might be conducted where the panel hears the appeal in 2 separate stages. If the admission authority refused your child a place under infant class size rulesthere is a separate procedure and decision making process for this.
If your child passed the entrance test but was not offered a place because there were other children who more closely met the school’s admissions criteria, then the appeals process is the same as all other school admission appeals. If your child did not pass the entrance test the panel will consider your appeal differently. Some admission authoriti...
If the boarding school did not offer your child a place because there were other children who more closely met the school’s admissions criteria, then the appeals process is the same as all other school admission appeals. If your child has been refused admission because the admission authority decided they were ‘unsuitable to board’, the panel will ...
How to appeal for a place at your preferred school. For further information and to appeal online or visit our website at www.stockport.gov.uk/admissionappeals or scan the QR Code*. Stockport. Independent Appeals Panel. Secretary to the Independent Appeals Panel.
Aug 30, 2024 · If a school receives an in-year admission and has good reason to believe that a child may display challenging behaviour it may refuse admission and refer to the Fair Access Protocol.
If your child is refused a place, you can appeal against the decision. The letter will tell you how. You must appeal against each rejection separately. You can only appeal once against each...
If your child comes to the top of the waiting list and a place becomes available, you’ll be contacted by the school places team to offer you the place. Your child will remain on the waiting...
Apr 17, 2022 · Deferring entry cannot be done without first applying and being allocated the school place within the normal timescale appropriate to the child’s date of birth. A child’s entry to primary education as described above may be deferred if the child is under compulsory school age, without loss of the allocated place.
