SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 25 Children to whom section 87 applies: appeals by governing bodies

Procedure on an appeal

9 Appeals shall be heard in private except when the local education authority direct otherwise; but—

(a) if the panel so direct, one member of the local education authority may attend, as an observer, any hearing of an appeal by an appeal panel; and

(b) one member of the Council on Tribunals may attend, as an observer, any meeting of an appeal panel at which an appeal is considered.