Issue details
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT EDUCATION APPEAL PANEL MEMBERS
The Local Authority is obliged to advertise and appoint members to the
Independent Education Appeal Panel. These panel members will hear appeals from
parents in relation to Admissions and Exclusion. Every 3 years the Local
Authority must advertise for and appoint new members to the panel.
Advertisements were circulated in March 2021 and a number of new members have
volunteered their services. This report outlines the role of the panel members
and seeks approval from the Lead Member for the approval of the new lay panel
members.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 28/09/2021
Decision due: 28 Oct 2021 by Lead Member for Corporate Strategy, Policy and Equalities
Lead member: Lead Member for Corporate Strategy, Policy and Equalities
Consultees
Representatives from Education Service
have been kept up to date with the applications from the public to become Panel
Members. It would have been inappropriate for any member of the Admission
Authority or Customers and Education Support to have been directly involved in
the recruitment process as the panel members, by their nature, must be
independent of the Admission Authority.
Officers from the Education service were
invited to attend the training day which took place on 29th and 30th
April 2021.
A copy of this report was circulated
around the required consultees in advance of being put before the Lead Member.
No Equality Impact Assessment Screening has been undertaken.
Applications were accepted from all persons who volunteered to join the panel.
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