Admission Appeal Training packages

The School Admission Appeals Code states that: -

• "Panel members and clerks must not take part in hearings until they have received appropriate training. Admission authorities must arrange and fund up-to-date training for appeal panel members on any aspect felt to be relevant to the functioning of the panel. As a minimum, this must include the law relating to admissions; their duties under the Human Rights Act 1998 and Equality Act 2010; procedural fairness and natural justice; and the roles of particular panel members (for example, chairing skills). It is the responsibility of the clerk to ensure that all panel members have received any training necessary to enable them to fulfil their role."

In view of this, it is advisable that panel members and clerks are trained at least every two years so that they are kept up to date and abreast of all the latest case law and Ombudsman decisions relating to Admission Appeals in order to satisfy the above requirement. Failure to satisfy this requirement is likely to lead to determinations of maladministration by the Ombudsman, or an unfavourable result at a Judicial Review both of which could lead to reputational damage.

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