What do you think of this?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:53 am
It is possible that any school could have a last minute change to admissions policies forced on it by the School's Adjudicator. Parents may not know what the new policy is going to be while they are making key decisions during September and October as to which schools to put on their Common Application Forms.
It is possible for a parent (or others) to object to a schools' admissions policy by 31 July each year to the Schools Adjudicator e.g. by 31 July 2010 for admission in September 2011. Because of the school holidays, these objections do not usually get considered until during September. Then the Adjudicator has to decide whether or not to direct the school to change its policy, and if so, in what way. It is then up to the LEA to communicate these changes.
What do you think of this system? I think it might be worth those of us who are bothered about it constructing a letter to Michael Gove about.
It is of course right that there should be some kind of recourse for an unfair admissions policy, but I'm not sure that this one is quite the right one. It can be used too frequently, too much at the last minute, and is not very open. e.g. if it is an LEA that objects, they apparently do not have to publish the full details of their objection.
It is possible for a parent (or others) to object to a schools' admissions policy by 31 July each year to the Schools Adjudicator e.g. by 31 July 2010 for admission in September 2011. Because of the school holidays, these objections do not usually get considered until during September. Then the Adjudicator has to decide whether or not to direct the school to change its policy, and if so, in what way. It is then up to the LEA to communicate these changes.
What do you think of this system? I think it might be worth those of us who are bothered about it constructing a letter to Michael Gove about.
It is of course right that there should be some kind of recourse for an unfair admissions policy, but I'm not sure that this one is quite the right one. It can be used too frequently, too much at the last minute, and is not very open. e.g. if it is an LEA that objects, they apparently do not have to publish the full details of their objection.