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Mysie Weir (not her real name) has been volunteering with school admissions appeal panels for 10 years, regularly as Chairman. Like all serving panel ...
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Stage One
The Chairman of the panel will ask the school to explain their case. There shouldn’t be any big surprises there, if you’ve read...
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