Education Business

School admissions complaints up by 50 per cent

Complaints about school admissions made to the Local Government Ombudsmen (LGOs) in the last year have risen by 50 per cent, according to figures.

The LGO’s Annual Report 2008/09 reveals complaints have increasd to 1,422 from 942 in 2007/08.
 
The report is published at the same time as the annual reviews on every local authority in England. The reviews provide a summary of information on the complaints about each council that the LGO has received and, where possible, draw any lessons learned on an authority’s performance and complaint-handling arrangements.

Further reading:
LGO Annual report