Dr Challoner's Grammer school

[mitasol]

I wonder whether this can stand in court.

There are other routes to challenge their admissions criteria. Once the admissions criteria have been finalised you can forward your concerns to the Adjudicator.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... rangements" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

All admissions authorities must determine their admission arrangements by 28 February every year, even if they have not changed from previous years and a consultation has not been required. You have until 15 May to contact the adjudicator if you have an objection.

If you wish to make an objection complete the ‘school admission arrangements objection form’.

Admission arrangements can also be referred to the adjudicator who may decide to consider whether or not they comply with admissions law and the Code and make a determination.

There was an adjudication last year on similar lines. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... t_2018.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[jxp]

So reading thru the PDF, it appears that the arbritator has deemed the objection as valid and asked school to revise this.

So what was the response from the school on this finally?

[streathammum]

Paragraph 5(b) now reads:

If a parent of the applicant student still owns a property within 20 miles of the school which has been the main family home more recently than September 1st 2016* (ie 4 years before the proposed date of admission), a property closer to the school will not be accepted as the basis for a legitimate residence qualification even if the former property is leased to a third party.For the purposes of this policy a parent of an applicant is defined as a parent with whom the applicant student resides for at least two nights of the school week (Sunday to Thursday inclusive).

I think four years is pushing it - the Inspector seemed to think that DAO's 3-year cut-off was reasonable but that the objectors' four years' residence was proof of permenance. But still, the school has responded by implementing a cut-off date so that families such as the objectors can prove a permenant move even when they've retained a family home.

*This date seems to change annually so it's always a four-year cut-off

[anup]

Just a follow up question on this - is there a cut off date to complete the sale transaction of our existing residence i Harrow ? We will vacate the property by March and move to Amersham on rent . We will put the property on market by December , but just in case the completion date is after 31st March , will it affect our application ? Thanks .

[scary mum]

Yes it will (see the above quoted paragraph about owning a property within 20 miles).