I started a thread last year about a local Catholic Secondary school and it's feeder list. I don't want to go through the whole thing again but some posters were very helpful with their advice & I think I need a bit more.
Basically a parent took 2 Catholic Secondaries with conflicting policies to the Adjudicator. He ruled one was fine but the other had breached the code with it's feeder list and said he would have removed them for 2011 but it was October by the time the decision was made and it was too late. However, he 'strongly' recommended removal for 2012. The said school has published it's draft criteria and is proposing to keep most of it's list, it has made slight amendments in other areas but nothing like what the Adjudicator recommended.
I was going to contact the School Admissions Forum for the area the school is in. On checking the members of the committee it turns out the Head of the school that was told to change is on the committee. The minutes for the last meeting were on the website, the Adjudicator ruling was discussed and the SAF decided they didn't like the process the Adjudicator followed and were going to write and complain, also the Head of the school in question went on to reassure the committee that his 2012 criteria wouldn't be disadvantaging local families (this is not true). The Head did not declare any conflict of interest at the beginning of the meeting.
I find this very wrong. The Head should not surely be using this Forum for his own purpose. It means local families who are affected are now afraid to contact the forum. Surely this represents a conflict of interest? I have sent an email to the Adjudicator. Is there anything else I could/should do without jeopardising my own child's chance of getting into this school?
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Adjudicator Ruling - should it be followed?
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23balloons · 27/01/2011 13:31
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