EducationAppeals

School Appeal Admission Exclusion Appeal Training Clerking

In house training

Training Admission and Exclusion Panel Members

All exclusion panel members must be trained at least every two years. While the 2022 Admission Appeals Code does not stipulate a timescale, two to three years is probably right for admission appeal panel members to be retrained. Certainly panel members should not be sitting unless they have been trained in the new 2021 Admission Code.  It is essential that panel members have sufficient knowledge of the latest rules to carry out their duties.

Over the last few years there has been a steady rise in the number of complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman and the Department for Education. A well trained panel will result in less successful complaints to the Ombudsman or the DfE.

Each year we deliver around 20 admission and permanent exclusion courses for a number of Local Authorities and School Admission Authorities.  Our Principal, Stephen Payne, has also chaired an Admissions Conference for a national training organisation.  Stephen is also currently Chair of the Greater London Region of the National Association of School Appeal Clerks.

Course are offered:

  • Admissions’ Law and Appeals – a complete course
  • Exclusion Law and Reviews – a complete course which includes the Governors stage
  • Update admissions and exclusions – a full day refresher course with interactive sessions and reviewing appeals in the past. A very popular course
  • Exclusions for Governors – 2 hour course
  • Chair training – 1 hour course

Our charges start from £600 for an online course.  A PDF copy of the training notes will be sent to the organiser for local printing.

In person courses start from £900.  Where the training is more than 80 miles from Hertfordshire, overnight accommodation for up to two days will be added. A PDF copy of the training notes will be sent to the organiser for local printing.

We only train throughout England (different rules apply in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).  Our Clients are as far north as Sunderland and Plymouth in the south.

Read what previous training delegates have said about our courses.