'This is an idea drawn up on the back of some civil servant’s fag packet.'
Plans to change how parents can appeal decisions over where their child goes to school should be “consigned to the dustbin of history”, it has been claimed.
And councillors have now criticised the plan at an education committee meeting, describing it as “nonsense” and “bonkers”. The Scottish Government is holding a consultation on whether Scottish Tribunals should take over the appeals as it has said there have been concerns over impartiality. “The present appeal system ensures that parents and carers, regardless of their economic or social circumstances, have the same access to appeals.”
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