Hi all,
just back from the hearing. It was very good and the panel were quite friendly. The fact that I had questioned the independance of that commitee, didn't really convince them, as it wasn't in paragraph 2.29, and they said director of children services should decide, and that he/she asked the sub-comitee for advice. So I couldn't point to the refernce that the admission forum should be independant. However, they heard my case in more of the third category, that a reasonable LA would not have dome that. (it was the anaphylaxis contact dairy allergy). One of the panle memebers i thought was quite convinces by my argument, he even asked the LA Rep that what qualifications they have to look thorugh the medics and judge it, and I could see from his facial expressin and he was quite sympethatic. The chair on the paanel, (i don't know) he was making sure things are covered etc, and also seemed a bit to see my ppints, but he was the one looked at the admission code and said u are saying in paragraoph 27-30 says the panle should be independant, and i can't find it!!!! anyway, the third memeber who was a woman, kept quiet all through the hearing.
I don't know the results,another week of agony, however I have to start preparing for my other appeal (on 16th June)to my own local aythority, which did not give me the choice I had made, and just gave me a school (the closest to my home) which has no good record in school mnagement in general, is going through head changes, and also do not have a separate play area for reception children, therefore if this (today's) appeal is not upheld, and she has to go to the school our LA has chosen for us, means she has to be with 300 children at snack and playtimes!!!!!!!!!! totally scary. Anyway I need to ask advice on the next appeal,kaz the school which I had chosen has 75 recpetion intake (3 classes of 25). they sent me info about the school'sroom sizes etc.a big excel sheet, However it says classroom have capacity for 30 pupils. SO I am quite confused that how this is the infant class size appeal then? could it be that classroom capacity is 30, but becasue of other facilities they have to admit 25 in each class???
would it still be infant class size appeal. Can I refer to the total number of pupils in entire school (as it is lower than its net capacity) if the case is about other facilties?