Open the Secondary Schools in Lambeth 2013/14 - Lambeth Council

Late medical/social (MEDSOC)
applications
If parents/carers submit an ‘on time’
application and are not offered a
place at a preferred school and then
submit late MEDSOC information
after 31 October 2012, their
application on these grounds cannot
be considered as ‘on time’. This will
result in a second application being
generated after 1 March 2013, which
will be treated as a late application.
As the admissions authority for our
community and voluntary-controlled
schools, Lambeth Council will be
unable to apply the MEDSOC
criterion application without the
relevant paperwork. If that
paperwork is submitted late, then
the application will be considered
late also.
If the MEDSOC panel agrees to
prioritise late applications on
medical/social grounds and the
school is already full, then the child’s
position on the waiting list will
change accordingly.
How to appeal against the
refusal of a place
Under the School Standards and
Framework Act 1998, you have the
right to appeal against the refusal of
a school place. If you wish to appeal
against the decision not to offer your
child a place at a Lambeth
community or voluntary controlled
school (see inside cover for
definition), please contact the
Clerk to the Independent Appeals
Panel, Democratic Services,
Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill,
SW2 1RW, Tel: 020 7926 2170,
Email: democracy@lambeth.gov.uk.
A guidance note on appeals and an
appeal form can also be
downloaded from the council’s
website via the following link:
www.lambeth.gov.uk/eadmissions
Please note that Democratic
Services can only accept appeals for
the following secondary schools:
• Lilian Baylis Technology School
• The Elmgreen School
• The Norwood School
If your application for a school place
was submitted on-time, the closing
date for receipt of appeals for any of
the schools listed above is Friday
5 April 2013. For late applications,
the closing date is 20 school days
after you receive written
notification of the outcome of
your application. Any appeals
received after these deadlines are
unlikely to be considered unless
applicants are able to demonstrate
extenuating circumstances which
prevented the appeal from being
submitted on time.
Democratic Services will write to you
regarding the arrangements for
considering your appeal. Your appeal
will be heard by an Independent
Appeals Panel made up of panelists
with knowledge of education issues.
You will be invited to attend the
appeal hearing and make
representations in person to the
Independent Appeals Panel. If you
wish to appeal against nonadmission
to any other secondary
school, you will need to contact the
individual school(s) directly, to obtain
information about how to appeal.
Outcome of appeals
For Lambeth community and
voluntary-controlled schools, you
will be informed in writing about the
outcome by the Democratic Services
Team. For other Lambeth schools,
the clerk for that appeal panel will
write to you.
Change of circumstances
The Lambeth School Admissions
Team will consider your application
using the details you provide on your
form. If you move address you must
inform the Admissions Team of your
new address so we are able to
contact you if we need further
information or to communicate the
outcome of your application. This
also applies if you have a change of
medical circumstances or a sibling
start at school.
If you inform your council of your
preferences before 14 December
2012, the Admissions Team will be
able to take this into account when
considering your application.
If you change your address after
14 December 2012 and this means
that you need to change your
preferences you will need to contact
your new council to find out what to
do next.
SECTION 1 / PROCESS AND PROCEDURE 11