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Grammar School Appeals

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APPEALS

Your right to appeal is to a particular school and not against a non selective decision in general. If you have read on other websites or in other parts of the media that the Kent process is a Review and so parents will not be able to appeal on grounds of ability, this is false and may be intended to put some parents off the process.
I believe this is an effective way of managing oversubscription appeals, but can produce fireworks or a difficult meeting that requires good chairmanship, as happened at The Math.


Figures for Kent Appeals, March - December 2007. The following figures are solely for appeal Panels organised by KCC. Many Foundation and VA Schools organise their own Independent Appeal Panels and are not included. Be very careful how you interpret the following, as circumstances very enormously amongst Kent schools (it was ever thus!). The secondary school success rate is over a third higher than the previous year, for reasons which are not obvious and so is unlilely to be a good guide to 2008, especially with the new Code.

Local Authority Schools


AppealsSuccesses% success
Grammar633
295
47
Non Selective34
17
17
Primary218
73
33

Grammar Appeals include both children who have been unsuccessful in the initial tests, and oversubscription issues.

Foundation & Voluntary Aided Schools


AppealsSuccesses% success
Grammar414
173
42
Non-selective70
47
67
Primary32
9
28


AppealsSuccesses% success
Grammar Assessment39513
Grammar Oversubscription1414100*
Non selective1095349
Primary (Year R)13323

* The 14 grammar oversubscription appeals were all for Sir Joseph Williamson's Grammar School and were clients of mine