Appendix 2 APPEAL COMMITTEES: PROCEDURE
This Appendix shall have effect with respect to the procedure on an appeal to an appeal committee established in accordance with any arrangements made by the Governing Body in pursuance of Articles 12 and 21.
An appeal shall be made by notice in writing setting out the grounds on which it is made.
An appeal committee shall afford the appellant the opportunity of making representations including (if he so wishes) oral representations.
The appeal committee shall afford the Head Teacher and a member of the relevant authority the opportunity of making written representations.
Where in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above the appellant decides to appear before the appeal committee in order to make oral representations to them —
they shall afford the Head Teacher and a member of the relevant authority the opportunity of appearing and making oral representations;
they may allow the appellant to be accompanied by a friend or to be represented; and
they may allow the relevant authority to be represented.
In this paragraph, “the relevant authority” means the authority responsible for the decision or action against which the appeal is made.
In the event of a disagreement between the members of an appeal committee the appeal under consideration shall be decided by a simple majority of the votes cast and in the case of an equality of votes the chairman of the committee shall have a second or casting vote.
The decision of an appeal committee and the grounds on which it is made shall be communicated by the committee in writing to the appellant, the Governing Body and the Head Teacher.
All appeals shall be held in private except when otherwise directed by the Governing Body, but any member of the Council on Tribunals may attend as an observer any meeting of an appeal committee at which an appeal is considered.
Subject to paragraphs 2 to 6 above, all matters relating to the procedure on appeals, including the time within which they are to be brought, shall be determined by the Governing Body.
Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, where joint arrangements for appeals have been made in accordance with Article 12(2), paragraphs 2 to 7 above shall have effect in respect of any appeal made under these Articles to an appeal committee established in accordance with those arrangements.
In the case of any appeal to which sub-paragraph (1) above applies, paragraphs 6 and 7 above shall have effect as if for “the Governing Body”there were substituted the words “the Governing Body and the governing body of every other school, which is a party to the arrangements, acting jointly”.