After help/advice for face to face Kent grammar appeal

[emhope]

I have had the date through for the face to face appeal for my daughter in June and feeling a little overwhelmed with the letters that have been sent and what to expect.

My daughter didn’t pass the test (by just a few marks) but we feel, and her primary school feel, that personal extenuating circumstances meant she didn’t perform to her full ability on the day (won’t go into detail but she was in hospital prior to test and then also experienced some family issues at home a few days before).
I provided other academic evidence which showed higher academic ability and she has a great letter from her head teacher.

However, the letter’s sent from the school have reams of information about how they are full and must be cautious admitting over PAN.

What should I expect at the meeting? Will I just have to reiterate everything I have stated in the letter about why we feel she didn’t perform on the day or do I have to also talk about the school admitting over PAN etc? Reading all the info from the school has left me a little overwhelmed if I’m honest.

Any help would be much appreciated 😊

I'm sorry I don't have advice about the appeal. Did your head teacher challenge the mark when the test results came out? I went to a meeting for my year 5 DC about applying for secondary schools and our head said that she received the results from Kent days before the parents and she could appeal herself. She appealed one of hers straightaway taking all the child's books over to Gravesend to get them looked at and they changed the child to a pass.

I think there are some other recent threads on appeals if you wanted to get some info from there and/or contact some of the posters.

School Appeal Update - I did it, we won!!!!! www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/4808905-school-appeal-update-i-did-it-we-won

In the hearing, the school will first present their case to refuse admission. You will then be given a chance to ask the school any questions you have. You can use this to try and highlight any weaknesses in the school's case. The panel may also ask the school some questions.

You will then present your case. Please don't reiterate everything you've said. The panel will have read your written case. You can use the opportunity to highlight the most important points in your case. Or you can simply refer the panel to your written case and invite questions. You will get questions from the school's representative and the panel.

After this, both sides will be asked to sum up briefly, then the hearing will be over.

Good luck.