Net capacity?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 4:31 pm
Hi
I've just received the school's case for our appeal, and as expected it is mainly about the school being oversubscribed and not having capacity for extra pupils. They sent the net capacity numbers, and also projected numbers for the school roll for 2019.
However, I've asked for a net capacity assessment from the LEA, which has just arrived, and shows that the net capacity is 16 more pupils than that claimed by the school. I've also printed out the latest gov data for the school which shows there are (for academic year 2017-18) 38 pupils fewer on the roll than the predicted (Sept 2019) numbers for the school.
PAN hasn't changed, and there was only one successful appeal last year, so - before I go making a fool of myself at the hearing - I'm wondering if a) I'm reading the figures right, and the school are over-estimating the numbers of pupils that could possibly be on the roll for September this year, and also understating net capacity, and b) I'd be able to use the figures I've got to question the school's info, or whether there's something glaringly obvious that I'm missing?
Many thanks
I've just received the school's case for our appeal, and as expected it is mainly about the school being oversubscribed and not having capacity for extra pupils. They sent the net capacity numbers, and also projected numbers for the school roll for 2019.
However, I've asked for a net capacity assessment from the LEA, which has just arrived, and shows that the net capacity is 16 more pupils than that claimed by the school. I've also printed out the latest gov data for the school which shows there are (for academic year 2017-18) 38 pupils fewer on the roll than the predicted (Sept 2019) numbers for the school.
PAN hasn't changed, and there was only one successful appeal last year, so - before I go making a fool of myself at the hearing - I'm wondering if a) I'm reading the figures right, and the school are over-estimating the numbers of pupils that could possibly be on the roll for September this year, and also understating net capacity, and b) I'd be able to use the figures I've got to question the school's info, or whether there's something glaringly obvious that I'm missing?
Many thanks