Commentary on Sections and Schedules Part 3 – Maintained Schools Chapter 3 – Admissions, exclusions and attendance.Admission arrangements Section 50: Admission Appeals
133.This section amends section 94 of the SSFA to reflect the repeal of Schedule 24, relating to admission appeals, which will be replaced by regulations.
134.Admission appeal panels consider parents’ appeals against the decision of an LEA or governing body (where it is the admission authority for a school) to refuse their child a place. The current provisions that govern arrangements by LEAs and schools for such appeals, and their operation, will in future be prescribed by regulations.