All appeals are held online via a Microsoft Teams video link. Some parents who do not have access to a computer, ask a friend to help. If this is not possible, please telephone the appeal’s office on 020 8227 2152, at least two working days before your appeal hearing.
Important information
Note 1
To avoid any delay, please ensure all correspondence relating to the hearing, including further documents, has our child's name, date of birth and school you are appealing for in the title of the email.
Note 2
Attach any other statements and supporting documents you want to include with your appeal form to email carol.belshaw@lbbd.gov.uk
If after you have submitted your appeal form you have any other statements or further information/evidence that you would like to be considered at the hearing, please email carol.belshaw@lbbd.gov.uk 12 calendar days before the hearing with your child's name, date of birth and school you are appealing for. Any information/evidence received after this time, including any that you have on the day of the hearing, may result in the hearing being re-arranged at a later date.
Note 3
You are entitled to 10 school days notice of the date of your appeal hearing.
Select here if you are willing to accept less than 10 days notice.
Note 4
Occasionally observers may attend hearings for training purposes. An observer attends to understand the roles of the Panel Members, Local Authority Representative and Clerk to the Panel during a hearing and does not take part in the hearing. You can refuse for an observer to attend your hearing.