BRITISH LIMBLESS EX-SERVICE MEN’S ASSOCIATION
BLESMA supports all those ex-Service men and women who have lost limbs, the use of their limbs, or one or both eyes. At the outbreak of World War II and all conflicts since, many Members of BLESMA went to War young and whole. They came home disabled for life. The Association offers them the fellowship of shared experience, the welfare support they need and have fought for their interests over all the long years.
Whilst we do not wish to receive new Members, due to the present situation and conflict in Afghanistan and as service life takes its inevitable toll, it is unavoidable that we shall do so. It is very important therefore that we are here to assist them in their recovery and rehabilitation from their injuries.
We receive no Government Grants and rely wholly on the generosity of the public. Please consider making a donation now or a legacy in the future, however small, to:
Frankland Moore House, 185-187 High Road, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex RM6 6NA
Tel: 020 8590 1124 Fax: 020 8599 2932 E:
headquarters@blesma.org Web:
www.blesma.org
Please consider giving to those that gave so much and ask for so little in return.
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Children’s Education Advisory Service School Admissions and Appeals
As Service families frequently move between homes on posting it is inevitable that they will find themselves having to find new school places for their children. Depending upon where they go, there may or may not be places available in their schools of preference. The following gives an out- line of what the general position is in England.
majority of parental preferences, at the normal admis- sions round; a process that many Service families are not able to participate in. Consequently, many have to make late or in-year applications for school places.
Although admission authorities are required to have regard to the needs of Service children (SAC Para 3.27 (a)), they are specifically prevented from retaining blocks of school places for them (SAC Para 3.28a). Neverthe- less, school places should be allocated to children and their families in advance of the approaching school year if accompanied by an official MOD letter declaring a reloca- tion date (SAC Para 3.27 (b)).
Should a desired school be full, a parent has the right to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. Schools must provide information on how to make an appeal when they refuse a place. Only one appeal can be made for a place for a child in a particular school in any one academic year. Decisions made by appeal panels are final and can only be overturned by the courts.
School admission arrangements are detailed in the ‘School Admission Code 2010’(SAC). The Code and associated supporting documents including the School Admissions Appeals Code are available on-line at
www.dcsf.gov.uk/sacode.
Parents have the right to ‘express a preference for a school’ but not an absolute right to have a place allo- cated in that school. Clearly, it is easier to express such a preference, and for an admission authority to meet the
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Admission authorities are required to accept a unit postal address or notification of posting as sufficient evidence to meet residency criteria in the area concerned. The appropriate references in the Schools Admissions Code are Para 3.27 (d) which requires that ‘Local authorities and admissions authorities must accept a Unit postal address, or, if appropriate, a ‘quartering area, address ( the address of the closest house in the nearest ‘quartering area’), for applications from service personnel in the absence of a new home postal address’ and Para 3.28 (b) which states that ‘Admission authoritiesmust not …
refuse a place to such a child because the family does not currently live in the local area’. A further requirement is placed upon admission authorities by Para 2.44 which holds that ‘For children of UK Service personnel and other Crown Servants admission authoritiesmust treat a family returning to their area, or whose posting abroad comes to an end, as meeting the residency criteria for that catch- ment area even if no house is currently owned in that area once proof of the posting has been provided’.
For admissions to Maintained Boarding School Para 2.59 states [ ] Boarding schools must after giving the required highest priority to children in care, give next highest priority in their oversubscription criteria for boarding places to chil- dren of members of the UK Armed Forces who, because of high family mobility, qualify for Ministry of Defence financial assistance with the cost of boarding fees.
Admissions issues are rarely simple to deal with as each local or admissions authority set their own admis- sions criteria within the requirements of the Code and individual circumstances may vary considerably. Should you encounter problems with finding a school place in any part of the UK, please contact CEAS who may be able to help by clarifying the situation with the admis- sions authorities, providing assistance with appeals or by referring the matters to the local admissions forums if appropriate.
Helpdesk 01980 618244 (94 344 8244)
enquiries@ceas.detsa.co.uk www.mod.uk/ceas
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