School Admissions

Town Hall
Main Road
Romford
RM1 3BD
Contact Form:
www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/contact
Mrs Hong Qin Cai Web: www.havering.gov.uk/admissions
93 Avenue Road
Harold Wood Online Chat: www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/inyear
Romford Telephone:
RM3 0SS 01708 434600 (Mon-Fri 12-5pm)
Havering
Date: 19-Dec-2022
Pupil ID: 44534

Dear Mrs Cai,

Unfortunately it was not possible to offer William a place at any of your preferences as the school(s) are
full in the year group requested.

Preference School Name Outcome

Preference 1 Redden Court School We have been unable to offer you this
school as it is over subscribed. Your
child’s name has been placed on the
waiting list and you have the right of
appeal.
Preference 2 Hall Mead School We have been unable to offer you this
school as it is over subscribed. Your
child’s name has been placed on the
waiting list and you have the right of
appeal.
Preference 3 The Royal Liberty School We have been unable to offer you this
school as it is over subscribed. Your
child’s name has been placed on the
waiting list and you have the right of
appeal.
Preference 4 The Campion School We have been unable to offer you this
school as it is over subscribed. Your
child’s name has been placed on the
waiting list and you have the right of
appeal.
Preference 5 Emerson Park Academy We have been unable to offer you this
school as it is over subscribed. Your
child’s name has been placed on the
waiting list and you have the right of
appeal.
Preference 6 The Coopers' Company and Coborn We have been unable to offer you this
School school as it is over subscribed. Your
child’s name has been placed on the
waiting list and you have the right of
appeal.

As a Havering resident, your child may be eligible to be considered for a school place under the Local
Authority’s Fair Access Protocol (FAP) if meeting certain vulnerability criteria. Please visit
www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/FapQuestions for further information.
Appeals
As it was not possible to offer you a place at one of your preferred schools, you have the right to appeal to
an Independent Appeal Panel.

Please note that you can only appeal for the year group your child is currently in and for a school
you have applied for.

School Appeals must be heard within 30 school days of an appeal being lodged. If there are less
than 30 school days remaining in the academic year it may not be possible to hear your appeal
before the end of the academic year. Unfortunately, as you can only appeal and apply for the year
group your child is currently in, you cannot carry the appeal over into the next academic year and
you will need to reapply from mid-August to be considered for a place in the next academic year.

The majority of Havering schools use the online appeal form via www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/appeal.
If the school you wish to appeal for is not listed on the online form you must contact the school directly for a
paper appeal form.

Infant Class Size Appeals

If your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 the following information is relevant regarding any appeal you
lodge.

The law states that there must not be more than 30 children in an infant class (that is, classes containing
Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children). Apart from some very limited exceptions, no infant class may
contain more than 30 pupils being taught by one teacher.

Any admissions which would increase a class to more than 30 pupils (with the exception of ‘excepted
pupils’) would require 'qualifying measures', such as organising an extra class, appointing an additional
teacher, providing an additional classroom or introducing or extending mixed age group teaching.

Where the Admission Authority can demonstrate to an Appeals Panel that any further admissions would
require ‘qualifying measures’ your appeal could only be won if the Appeals Panel decided either that

• A mistake had been made in the allocation of places according to the admissions criteria
which had deprived your child of a place and if the criteria had been applied correctly your
child would have received that place
• The child would have been offered a place if the arrangements had not been contrary to
mandatory provisions in the 2014 school Admissions Code and the school Standards and
Framework Act 1998
• That the decision to refuse admission was 'unreasonable' in the circumstances of the case.
'Unreasonable' as defined by the Courts is construed as being perverse or irrational and is a
very high threshold for an appeal to be successful.

Further information on Infant Class Size appeals can be found by visiting:

https://www.lgo.org.uk/make-a-complaint/fact-sheets/education/infant-class-size-appeals

Yours Sincerely,

For and on behalf of

The School Admissions Team