Appeals and complaints Parents who are refused a place at a school for which they have applied have the right of appeal to an independent admission appeal panel. As the purpose of the appeals process is to consider whether a child should be admitted to a particular school, parents do not have a right of appeal if they have been offered a place and it is not in the year group they would like. However, a parent may make a complaint about: an admission decision not to admit their child outside their authority’s normal age group: In the case of academies, free schools and foundation, trust and voluntary aided schools parents may make a complaint using the procedure school’s complaints In the case of community and voluntary controlled schools parents may make a complaint to the local authority a decision on whether or not to place a child, who is already headteacher’s on roll at a school, in a year group different to that of their chronological age. In all such cases parents may make a complaint using the school’s complaints procedure If a parent is unhappy with the way a local authority or a maintained school has handled their complaint, the parent may refer their complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman. If a parent is unhappy with the way an academy or free school has handled their complaint they may complain to the Education Funding Agency who will consider the complaint on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education.
Appeals and complaints Parents who are refused a place at a school for which they have applied have the right of appeal to an independent admission appeal panel. As the purpose of the appeals process is to consider whether a child should be admitted to a particular school, parents do not have a right of appeal if they have been offered a place and it is not in the year group they would like. However, a parent may make a complaint about: an admission authority’s decision not to admit their child outside their normal age group: In the case of academies, free schools and foundation, trust and voluntary aided schools parents may make a complaint using the school’s complaints procedure In the case of community and voluntary controlled schools parents may make a complaint to the local authority a headteacher’s decision on whether or not to place a child, who is already on roll at a school, in a year group different to that of their chronological age. In all such cases parents may make a complaint using the school’s complaints procedure If a parent is unhappy with the way a local authority or a maintained school has handled their complaint, the parent may refer their complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman. If a parent is unhappy with the way an academy or free school has handled their complaint they may complain to the Education Funding Agency who will consider the complaint on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education.