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Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Regina (on The Application of) v The Archbishop of Westminster and Another: CA 14 Apr 2011

Parent Governors of the School disputed the appointment by the defendant of representatives to the school governors, saying that they were ineligible in that parents of current students should have been appointed in their stead if available. Held: The duty to appoint trustees from existing parents had already been satisfied at the time of the … Continue reading Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Regina (on The Application of) v The Archbishop of Westminster and Another: CA 14 Apr 2011

Regina (S) v Brent London Borough Council and Others Regina (T) v Brent and Others Regina (P) v Oxfordshire County Council’s Exclusion Appeals Panel and Another: CA 17 May 2002

Three pupils appealed their exclusion from school for violent or threatening behaviour. Held: The statute imposed clear obligations on the appeal panel to act independently, and to consider both the individual circumstances of the child and the case, and to bear in mind the guidance issued by the Secretary of State. In addition the panel … Continue reading Regina (S) v Brent London Borough Council and Others Regina (T) v Brent and Others Regina (P) v Oxfordshire County Council’s Exclusion Appeals Panel and Another: CA 17 May 2002

Ali v Head Teacher and Governors of Lord Grey School: HL 22 Mar 2006

The claimant had been accused with others of arson to school property. He was suspended for the maximum forty five day period. The school then invited the family to discuss arrangements to return to the school, but the family did not attend. After the expiry of the forty five days, the criminal proceedings were discontinued. … Continue reading Ali v Head Teacher and Governors of Lord Grey School: HL 22 Mar 2006

Murphy v Slough Borough Council Governing Body of Langleywood School: CA 16 Feb 2005

The court was asked as to who was the appropriate respondent when a claim for disability discrimination is brought by a teacher employed at a maintained community school with a delegated budget. The teacher’s contract of employment is with the local education authority, but the Governing Body of such a school is given extensive employment … Continue reading Murphy v Slough Borough Council Governing Body of Langleywood School: CA 16 Feb 2005

Regina (K) v Newham London Borough Council and Another: QBD 19 Feb 2002

Parents applied for secondary school places, indicating three single sex schools. This was from a clear religious conviction. The local authority allocated another place, without giving reasons, but did provide a pamphlet setting out its policy, which showed that one criterion was a preference for a single-sex school. Held: The need to respect religious views … Continue reading Regina (K) v Newham London Borough Council and Another: QBD 19 Feb 2002

Ali v The Head Teacher and Governors of Lord Grey School: CA 29 Mar 2004

The student had been unlawfully excluded from school. The school had not complied with the procedural requirements imposed by the Act. Held: Though the 1996 Act placed the responsibilty for exclusion upon the local authority, the head and school must also follow the rules. The duty on the local authority was a fallback duty. The … Continue reading Ali v The Head Teacher and Governors of Lord Grey School: CA 29 Mar 2004

Regina v Governors of B School, ex parte W: QBD 14 Nov 2000

A requirement that a school child be re-instated in school after exclusion, was a requirement of re-admission to the school, not full re-admission into classes. Re-instatement was not to be given any elaborate meaning. Things could not always be out back just as they were, and provided the child was being educated in the school, … Continue reading Regina v Governors of B School, ex parte W: QBD 14 Nov 2000

W and L v The Governors of B School and The Governors of J School: CA 24 Jul 2001

Just how a teacher re-incorporated a child within school, after he had first been excluded, but then re-instated by the independent appeal panel, was a matter for the head-teacher, provided only that he could not do so in any way which reflected a conclusion different to that of the panel. This may involve the use … Continue reading W and L v The Governors of B School and The Governors of J School: CA 24 Jul 2001

X, Regina (on the Application of) v Y School: Admn 21 Feb 2007

The court was asked whether a school was entitled to refuse to allow a Muslim girl to wear the niqab full face veil at school. The reasons were ‘first educational factors resulting from a teacher being unable to see the face of the girl with a niqab; second the importance of a uniform policy as … Continue reading X, Regina (on the Application of) v Y School: Admn 21 Feb 2007

London Oratory School v The Schools Adjudicator: Admn 12 Aug 2005

Challenge by one school to the admission policy of a second school. Judges: Mr Justice Crane Citations: [2005] EWHC 1842 (Admin), [2005] ELR 162 Links: Bailii Statutes: School Standards and Framework Act 1998 90 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: See Also – London Oratory School, Regina (on The Application of) v The School Adjudicator … Continue reading London Oratory School v The Schools Adjudicator: Admn 12 Aug 2005

Regina (Watford Grammar School for Girls and Another) v Adjudicator for Schools: QBD 8 Oct 2003

Two schools sought to object to the selection policy of a third, which, they said would lead to that school creaming of the most academically gifted children. Held: The court asked whether the adjudicator was entitled to look at all effects of an admission policy, including the effect of sibling links. The Act was not … Continue reading Regina (Watford Grammar School for Girls and Another) v Adjudicator for Schools: QBD 8 Oct 2003

Regina v Clark, Ex Parte Jd and Others: QBD 26 May 2000

Where an adjudicator who had been appointed under the Act proposed to issue a critical report, it was incumbent upon him to make sure he had available to him all the relevant facts. It was not open to him to leave it to the school and local authority to guess what matters might be relevant … Continue reading Regina v Clark, Ex Parte Jd and Others: QBD 26 May 2000

Regina (on the Application of Edwards) v Head Teacher of Whitton High School and Others: Admn 2 Nov 2001

The applicant’s son had been excluded from the respondent’s school. She sought judicial review of the decision in that insufficient reasons had been given, and the hearing unfair at the Independent Appeal Tribunal. The son was subject to a statement of special educational needs. By the time of the hearing the son had been allocated … Continue reading Regina (on the Application of Edwards) v Head Teacher of Whitton High School and Others: Admn 2 Nov 2001

Regina on Application of A v Head Teacher of Penlan School And; Governors of Penlan School and and City and County of Swansea: Admn 31 Aug 2001

A school wrote a letter to a child’s parents saying that he would be permanently excluded after verbal violence against a teacher. This was said to have followed earlier serious and repeated problems of indiscipline. His appeal was successful, and he was returned to the class The teachers proposed a strike. The head teacher wrote … Continue reading Regina on Application of A v Head Teacher of Penlan School And; Governors of Penlan School and and City and County of Swansea: Admn 31 Aug 2001

London Oratory School, Regina (on The Application of) v The School Adjudicator and Another: Admn 17 Apr 2015

The school challenged a determination that it had failed to fufil its statutory requirement to set admissions criteria. Held: The request for judicial review succeeded. The school had shown: ‘i) The Adjudicator applied too stringent a test when concluding that the Governing Body of the School (as the relevant ‘admission authority’, per section 88 of … Continue reading London Oratory School, Regina (on The Application of) v The School Adjudicator and Another: Admn 17 Apr 2015

Haringey Independent Appeal Panel v M, Regina (on The Application of): CA 12 Oct 2010

The respondent, M, had applied for judicial review of the dismissal by the Haringey Independent Appeal Panel of her appeal against the refusal of Haringey, as the local education authority, to allow her daughter, MC, to attend the school of her preferred choice. The Panel appealed against a quashing of the original order as unlawful. … Continue reading Haringey Independent Appeal Panel v M, Regina (on The Application of): CA 12 Oct 2010

Regina v Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Ex Parte L T: CA 3 Dec 1999

A school admissions policy which gave preference to children within its defined local area was not unlawful or discriminatory, even though the edge of the area extended along the limit of the authority’s responsibility. Such a policy reflected the proper need to give priority to children locally, and was not to be overturned. Citations: Times … Continue reading Regina v Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Ex Parte L T: CA 3 Dec 1999