Thanks Alex for the helpful contribution. This tends to reinforce what Etienne said, that disability should have been considered but wasn't.
Alex wrote:
My understanding is that, for school admissions to any schools other than independent schools, a school admissions appeal IS the legal recourse for a claim of disability discrimination.
Does your view match SCHEDULE 17 Section 116 (DISABLED PUPILS: ENFORCEMENT) of the Equality Act 2010 ?
Admissions
13 (1) This paragraph applies if appeal arrangements have been made in relation
to admissions decisions.
(2) A claim that a responsible body has, because of a person’s disability,
contravened Chapter 1 of Part 6 in respect of an admissions decision must be
made under the appeal arrangements.
(3) The body hearing the claim has the powers it has in relation to an appeal
under the appeal arrangements.
(4) Appeal arrangements are arrangements under—
(a) section 94 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, or
(b) an agreement between the responsible body for an Academy and the
Secretary of State under section 482 of the Education Act 1996,
enabling an appeal to be made by the person’s parent against the decision.
(5) An admissions decision is—
(a) a decision of a kind mentioned in section 94(1) or (2) of the School
Standards and Framework Act 1998;
(b) a decision as to the admission of a person to an Academy taken by
the responsible body or on its behalf.