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Your School Your Choice
The most comprehensive guide ever written about school admissions and appeals is now available to purchase at all good bookshops and also available to buy on line.
Early start for John
School Appeals Principal, John Chard, was invited onto BBC Breakfast on Thursday 6 March 2008 to discuss the implications of the secondary school decisions and whether more or less parents had secured a place at a school of their choice.
Your School Your Choice now available for purchase
The most authoritative book ever written on school admissions and school appeals is now available to order.
Your School, Your Choice
This is the title of the book written by John Chard, Principal of School Appeals, which is the most comprehensive Guide ever written about school admissions and appeals and includes sections on England, Wales and, for the first time, Scotland.
School Appeals invited for interview on the Today Programme
School Appeals' Principal, John Chard, was invited to discuss the admission arrangements on the Today programme.
Observe School Appeals advice
School Appeals' Principal, John Chard, was invited to comment on an article which appeared in the Observer on Sunday 20 January 2008 about the problems faced by parents wishing to admit their children to the school of their choice and what impact the changes in the new Code on School Admissions would have.
1 March looms and thousands of parents are waiting with baited breath
National Offer Day is but a short few weeks away when hundreds of thousands of children and parents will find out if their applications which were submitted last year will be successful.
80% of secocndary schools achieve the government target on GCSEs
According to the figures recently announced, 80 per cent of state secondary achieved the government target of at least 30 per cent of pupils achieving 5 good GCSEs including English and maths. Although this reepresents some progress there are still 639 schools which do not meet this target which is down from 789 schools last year.
John Chard from School Appeals writes book on school admissions and appeals
In the last few months, John Chard the Principal of School Appeals has written the most comprehensive guide for school admissions and appeals that has ever been written. The book covers not only admissions and appeals in England but for the first time, Wales and Scotland.
Do you need help with your appeal?
School Appeals has now launched a service where we can not only help you to prepare for an appeal but also to represent you.
Is happiness linked to size?
In a recent study, girls linked being overweight to being bullied and unhappy.
Big Brother
Concern has been expressed about a trial being carried out at a Doncaster secondary school where pupils' records are embedded in their school uniforms.
School Appeals represents parents at successful appeal
Recently John Chard has successfully represented parents at appeals in Liverpool and Gloucestershire.
