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Forms & Guidance
How to appeal
This guidance provides information about the how to appeal and about the appeals procedure in respect of all the jurisdictions of the Tribunal. The Guidance can be downloaded and printed. To obtain a hard copy of the Guidance contact the Care Standards Tribunal Secretariat.
- Guidance on how to appeal
(175kb) - Guidance on how to appeal (Welsh) (187kb)
Appeal application forms (to be completed by appellants)
Form A
Use this form if you want to appeal against:
- your name being on the Protection of Children Act list and
- your name being on the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list and
- being restricted or stopped from working with children in schools, colleges and universities.
- Form A
(140kb) - Form A (Welsh) (196kb)
Form B
Use this form if you want to appeal against:
- the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) or decision of the Health Care Commission;
- the Chief Inspector of Schools in England (Ofsted) or a decision of the body responsible for the approval of home child care providers;
- the Welsh Ministers; (except for decisions to suspend the registration of child minders/day care providers);
- the General Social Care Council (GSCC) or Care Council Wales;
- the Secretary of State about the registration of an independent school.
- the Order made by a justice of the peace about the registration of establishments and agencies; the registration of childminders and day care providers; the approval of Home Child Care Providers.
- Form B (172kb)
- Form B (Welsh) (181kb)
Form C
Appeals against decision of the Chief Inspector of Schools or the Welsh Ministers in respect of the suspension of registration of child minders, day care providers or approval of child home care providers.
- Form C (91kb)
- Form C (Welsh) (99kb)
Response forms (to be completed by respondent)
Form A
Use this response form to appeal against:
- inclusion on Protection of Children Act List;
- restriction or prohibition from working in schools;
- provisional inclusion on Protection of Children Act List
- Response Form A (123kb)
- Response Form A (Welsh) (134kb)
Form B
Use this response form to appeal against:
- the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) or decision of the Health Care Commission;
- the Chief Inspector of Schools in England (Ofsted) or a decision of the body responsible for the approval of home child care providers;
- the Welsh Ministers; (except for decisions to suspend the registration of child minders/day care providers);
- the General Social Care Council (GSCC) or Care Council Wales;
- the Secretary of State in respect of registration of an independent school.
- the Order made by a justice of the peace in respect of registration of establishments and agencies; registration of childminders and day care providers; approval of Home Child Care Providers
- Response Form B (116kb)
- Response Form B (Welsh) (127kb)
Form C
Response to appeals against decision of the Chief Inspector of Schools in respect of the suspension of registration of child minders, day care providers and child home care providers.
- Response Form C (83kb)
- Response Form C (Welsh) (79kb)
Form D
Application for revocation of court order prohibiting working with children.
- Response Form D (118kb)
Further Information Forms (Applicant/Respondent)
Further information from applicant/respondent in respect of appeals against:
- inclusion on PoCA/PoVA list and Prohibition/restriction of working with children in schools and Further Education Establishments;
- the CSCI, GSCC, Welsh Ministers, CI of Schools, approval body for home child care providers. (registration of establishments and agencies, childminders and early years' providers, home child care providers, registration of Early Years Child Care Inspectors and Nursery Education Inspectors, social workers, social care workers.
- JP orders in respect of CSCI, Ofsted & Welsh Ministers’ decisions.
