The local authority changed its policy on admissions to secondary schools, so that children living nearer a school were given priority over children with siblings already at the school. The school admissions appeal panel overruled decisions made under the policy, and the authority appealed.
Held: The policy was lawful under the Act. The panel’s power was to uphold an appeal where the decision was unreasonable or a flawed interpretation of the policy. The panel had no power to undertake any review itself of the policy.
Judges:
Lords Justice Kennedy, May and Tuckey
Citations:
Gazette 21-Aug-2002, Times 03-Oct-2002, [2002] EWCA Civ 900, [2002] 3 FCR 142, [2002] ELR 602, [2002] WLR 3147
Links:
Statutes:
School Standards and Frame-work Act 1998 Sch 24 para 12
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Education
Updated: 02 September 2022; Ref: scu.174735