Office of the Schools Adjudicator

School’s intake cut blocked despite £2m deficit fear

Watchdog rejects plan despite admitting the change could help the academy ‘attract more students’

Academy loses fight with council on restricting pupil numbers

An academy that wanted to reduce its admissions to restrict the number of pupils it had to accept mid-year has lost its battle after the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) upheld a local authority’s objection. The Westleigh School in Wigan, which is part The Shaw Education Trust, was attempting to reduce its Published Admission […]

Summer-born pupils disadvantaged by ‘unfair’ 11-plus test, adjudicator rules

An Essex grammar school has been ordered to age-weight the results of its 11-plus entry exam after the admissions watchdog found that the test disadvantages summer-born children. In a ruling thought to be the first of its kind, the Office of the Schools Adjudicator said a lack of any age standardisation in the 11-plus test […]