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The evidence weighed up by the IAP included - but was not necessarily limited to - medical evidence, reports and supporting letters from his primary school.
This is really minimal, but might be just sufficient to cover academic evidence and extenuating circumstances.
Even if it breaches the Code, which strictly speaking it may do, it wouldn't be grounds for a re-hearing provided that the clerk's notes show in more detail what evidence was weighed up.
However, you could question whether such a brief, generic summary is sufficient to meet the requirements of para. 2.25 of the Appeals Code.
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The panel had sight of [his] English paper and noted that ........
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.... on the invigilator's record ......
I think it would be worth trying a complaint to the ESFA on these two specific points to see what they think.
You should say that the use of these documents without your knowledge was contrary to natural justice and a serious breach of the mandatory provisions of the Appeals Code (para. 2.21).
Ask for a re-hearing in front of a different panel so that you are given the opportunity to question evidence that formed no part of your hearing, and the chance to put forward your point of view.
As far as I can see, the ESFA ought to agree that there has been a clear breach of para. 2.21.
Unfortunately they sometimes accept that the Code has been breached, but then decline to order a re-hearing because they do not think the procedural errors made any difference to the final outcome.
You therefore need to stress that these were
major points in the last section of the decision letter "
Why the IAP came to the decision it did."
You've nothing to lose. A complaint doesn't involve you in anything more than filling in the online form. They will write back summarising your complaint, and ask you to approve the summary - and that's about it.
Resist the temptation to argue with the panel's decision because that won't lead anywhere!
The focus has to be on breaches of the Code. In fact the online form will probably ask you to state which paragraphs of the Code are relevant to your complaint.