Job Details

Salary: Service is voluntary, but you will be paid out of pocket expenses. Contract type: Volunteer Working pattern: Volunteer

Closing date: Tuesday 31 January 2017

How to apply: If you are interested in serving the community in this way and would like an application form and further details sent to you, please contact Stuart McKeown, School Appeals Manager via e-mail.

Alternatively you can write to Stuart McKeown, School Appeals Manager, Room West E, County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent, Lewes, BN7 1UE.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the school appeals, you are welcome to call Mr McKeown.

About the Role

School Admission Appeals

Are you interested in children's education?

East Sussex County Council is seeking volunteers to sit on School Admission Appeal Panels.   Whilst the County Council is responsible for administering the school appeal process, Appeal Panels are independent and must act in an impartial manner.

Panels decide whether or not to uphold appeals made by parents/guardians who are not satisfied with the school their child has been allocated a place at.  

You should be sensitive to the concerns of parents and to the pressures on local schools. You will also need to be a good listener and have the ability to be objective. We will provide you with training on the legal framework of the appeal process and local procedures. Service is voluntary, but you will be paid out of pocket expenses.

Additional Information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.