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School appeal procedural question

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SuperSue77 · 10/05/2023 06:25

Our appeal is one of 20 odd being heard over 3 days. We’re the middle day and have been told stage 1 will be in the morning and our individual hearing in the afternoon. Do you think that means they will have three stage 1 hearings, one each morning for all the parents being heard on that day? I wondered whether the parents across all 3 days might be invited to the stage 1 on the middle day, but presumably they can’t hear stage 2 hearings on the first day without having heard the school case beforehand? I just wondered if anyone was familiar with this way of running it? TIA.

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SadRach76 · 22/05/2023 19:32

thank you feel free to drop me a PM if you need any help I had a page of questions xxx

NatM70 · 22/05/2023 19:46

SadRach76 · 22/05/2023 19:22

@SuperSue77 @NatM70 OMG we only won, I cant believe it so happy! Thanks for all your kind words.
How long did it take for any paperwork to come through from school @NatM70 please xx

@SadRach76 AMAZING!!!
So many are winning, this is fantastic!
I started to receive emails from the school the day after I found out, and gosh there are lots!
The school know who's been successful long before we do, so they're well prepared to bombard us lol! 😂

prh47bridge · 22/05/2023 21:40

NatM70 · 22/05/2023 19:46

@SadRach76 AMAZING!!!
So many are winning, this is fantastic!
I started to receive emails from the school the day after I found out, and gosh there are lots!
The school know who's been successful long before we do, so they're well prepared to bombard us lol! 😂

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I think it is fair to say that parents who come here for advice in preparing their appeal are more likely to win than those who don't.

NatM70 · 22/05/2023 22:18

prh47bridge · 22/05/2023 21:40

I think it is fair to say that parents who come here for advice in preparing their appeal are more likely to win than those who don't.

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@prh47bridge
I think the advice you give it invaluable.
Thank you so much.

Cellardoor93 · 22/05/2023 23:32

SuperSue77 · 10/05/2023 08:47

Thanks @autumnboys I assumed that is how it would work but I have heard of other schools having all parents in on day 1 for the stage 1 and then parents having to come in on other days for their stage 2. I suppose having three lots of stage 1 doesn’t matter as the panel hears all 3 and they’re unlikely to decide the school can take all 20+ places being appealed!
Thanks for the kind wishes, I am pretty nervous and it’s still 2 weeks away!

We had ours a few weeks ago. The schools case was on the Monday and all the parents went to it. The individual cases were then heard Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning

Itmakesnosense · 23/05/2023 04:42

SadRach76 · 22/05/2023 19:22

@SuperSue77 @NatM70 OMG we only won, I cant believe it so happy! Thanks for all your kind words.
How long did it take for any paperwork to come through from school @NatM70 please xx

@SadRach76 congratulations on winning your appeal. On what grounds did you appeal if you don't mind me asking?

SadRach76 · 24/05/2023 17:54

@prh47bridge I agree and I know initially I had a really weak case which I did and I was one of the lucky ones who didn't have to go onto stage 2 and fight as things could have been a lot different.
Helped me a lot reading and getting tips from people like yourself on here so thanks for that.

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