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Meeting Summary
Placing Requests and Exclusions Appeals Panel
1 May 2024 - 10:00 to 11:00
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Microsoft Teams Meeting
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Agenda

Agenda
Notification
Membership Section
Standard Items
Apologies
Apologies from members.
Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements
Members are asked to declare an interest or make a transparency statement in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest or the transparency statement.
There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.
Items Of Business
EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
The Board may by resolution exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public are present, there could be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1973.
The Appeals Panel resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business  to  be  transacted,  that  if members  of  the  press  and  public  were  present  there would be disclosure  to them of exempt  information as defined  in paragraph 1 of Part  I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. 
1 Secondary School - Policy Information
Information for noting.
Placing Request Appeal
2 Ralston Primary School: Appeal against refusal of a Placing Request - 24/01
Report by the Director of Children's Services.
1

Consideration was given to an appeal against the refusal of a placing request for P1 at Ralston Primary School.

 

All participants had been invited to attend virtually by means of MS Teams. C Adam, Senior Solicitor (Litigation & Advice) (Finance & Resources), and J McGowan, Headteacher of Ralston Primary School and  A  Gallagher, Resource  Manager (both  Children's  Services), all representing the Education Authority, were in attendance. The appellant in relation to appeal 24/01, was also in attendance. 

 

G  Thomson,  Senior  Solicitor  (Litigation  &  Advice)  outlined  the  procedure  to  be followed in hearing the appeal. 

 

C Adam then presented the case for the Education Authority and led evidence from  J McGowan and A Gallagher in relation to the circumstances surrounding the refusal of  the placing request. 

 

The appellant was then invited to present their case. 

 

Each  side  having  been  given  the  opportunity  to  cross  examine  and  sum  up, were thanked for their attendance and left the hearing.

 

DECIDED: That one or more of the grounds of refusal specified in Section 28(A) (3)  and  (3A)  of  the  Education  (Scotland)  Act  1980  existed  and  that  in  all  the circumstances, it was appropriate to confirm the Education Authority's decision and
that the appeal be not upheld. This was agreed unanimously. 

Attendance

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Declarations of Interests

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