Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 8 May 2025
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Minute of Meeting Placing Requests and Exclusions Appeals Panel Date Time Venue Thursday, 08 May 2025 10:00 Microsoft Teams Meeting, Present: Councillor Stephen Burns, Ms Amanda Crawford, Councillor Neill Graham Chair Councillor Burns, Convener, presided. In Attendance G Thompson, Senior Solicitor (Litigation & Regulatory Services) and E Gray, Senior Committee Services Officer (both Finance & Resources). Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC The Appeals Panel resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
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1 Appeal against refusal of a Placing Request - GRYF25/01 Consideration was given to an appeal against the refusal of a placing request for S2 at Gryffe High School. All participants had been invited to attend virtually by means of MS Teams. L Mitchell, Senior Solicitor (Litigation & Advice) (Finance & Resources), and A Findlay, Depute Head Teacher of Gryffe High School and L Johnston, Service Improvement Manager (both Children's Services), all representing the Education Authority, were in attendance. The appellants in relation to appeal GRYF25/01, were also in attendance. R Graham, Senior Solicitor (Litigation & Regulatory Services) outlined the procedure to be followed in hearing the appeal. L Mitchell then presented the case for the Education Authority and led evidence from A Findlay and L Johnston in relation to the circumstances surrounding the refusal of the placing request. The appellants were then invited to present their case. Each side having been given the opportunity to cross examine and sum up, were thanked for their attendance and left the hearing. DECIDED: That one or more of the grounds of refusal specified in Section 28(A) (3) and (3A) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 existed and that in all the circumstances, it was appropriate to confirm the Education Authority’s decision and that the appeal be not upheld. This was agreed unanimously.