School Appeal Service (Exclusion Appeals)

Service Code: ADEX2_A
GL Code: 43500
Cost:

- School exclusion appeals can be complex and demanding. Dealing with anxious parents and making sure the process complies with the law can take up a disproportionate amount of time.
  
  Our service helps you manage the appeal process in a professional and efficient manner, leaving you free to concentrate on your school’s core activities.
  Key Benefits
  - A cost effective and efficient service – no need to spend time and money advertising for, recruiting and training panel members and clerks.
  - A first point of call for anxious parents who want to appeal – we deal with their queries about the appeal process, as well as arranging for their case to be heard.
  - Demonstrate how committed your school is to treating all families in a fair and open manner by having a process that is truly independent of the school.
  Service Details
  
  We will:
  - recruit, train and supply independent appeal panel members
  - supply a trained clerk
  - liaise with all parties about the arrangements for the hearing and send out notification letters
  - send out the case papers ahead of the hearing
  - produce the decision letter
  - deal with queries about the process
  - produce all the paperwork relating to the process, such as an appeal form, guidance notes and template letters.
  Your academy will be responsible for:
  - producing your own statement of case and supplying it to us in time to be sent out by the legal deadline
  - sending representatives to the hearing to present the school’s case and answer any reasonable questions that the oanel, the appellant and the local authority representative may have.
  Pricing
  
  £86 per hour for clerking – this is to cover the cost of time spent preparing for the hearing, travel to and from the hearing and clerking the hearing.
  
  An administration fee of £200.
  
  Appeal set up fee of £450 for each day of the hearing.
  
  The total cost for a hearing depends on a range of factors. We would normally expect the charge to be between £1200 and £2000.
  
  In addition, your academy is responsible for expenses associated with the following:
  
  panel members’ expense claims
  
  miscellaneous costs, such as charges for interpreters and couriers.
  Funded Support
  
  Getting The Most From Your Service
  
  What Your School Needs To Do
  
  Quality Assurance
  
  Terms & Conditions
  
  Support
  Name: School Appeals Service
  Email: schoolappeals@eastsussex.gov.uk
  Phone: 01273 481583

School Appeal Service (Exclusion Appeals)

Key Benefits

Service Details

Pricing

Funded Support

Getting The Most From Your Service

What Your School Needs To Do

Quality Assurance

Terms & Conditions

Support