Procedure to be followed at Appeal Hearing

Appendix 3

Attendance

• The Grievance Appeals Panel
• Aggrieved employee and trade union representative, friend or colleague
• Headteacher (or Chair of the Panel) who heard the original grievance. If a panel
  heard the original grievance the headteacher or Chair of the original panel as
  appropriate attends as the representative of the panel
• Personnel Advisor (if the Governing Body so wishes)
• Notetaker

The Procedure

• The Chair of the Panel will introduce all parties and outline the procedure to be
  followed.
• The aggrieved member of staff or their representative will outline the content of
  the grievance, stating why they remain aggrieved and the redress being sought.
• Questioning of the aggrieved member of staff or representative will then take
  place in the following order:
  • the Headteacher/Chair of the original Panel
  • the Grievance Appeal Panel
  • Personnel Advisor (if present)

• If the outline of the case has been presented by the representative, the aggrieved
  member of staff may then be asked questions relating to the grievance, in the
  order outlined above, except that the representative will ask questions first.
• Witnesses on behalf of the aggrieved member of staff will then be called and
  questioning will take place in the order outlined in (3) above except that the
  aggrieved employee or representative will ask questions first.
• The Headteacher/Chair of the original Panel will present the case
• Questioning of the Headteacher/Chair of the original Panel will then take place in
  the following order:
  • aggrieved member of staff or representative
  • Grievance Appeal Panel
  • Personnel Advisor (if present)

• The Headteacher/Chair of the original panel will then call any witnesses he/she
  may have, who will be questioned in the order outlined in (7) above except that
  the Headteacher/Chair of the original Panel will ask questions first.
• The panel may request further information if necessary and may adjourn the
  hearing in order to obtain this. If this happens, any reconvening of the hearing will
  only take place with all parties present.
• The panel will invite both parties to sum up, firstly the aggrieved member of staff
  or their representative. Followed by the Headteacher/Chair of the original Panel.
• The Panel will then deliberate in private, recalling the Headteacher/Chair of the
  original Panel and aggrieved member of staff only to cover any points of
  uncertainty on evidence already given. Both parties would need to be recalled, in
  this event.
• The decision of the Grievance Appeal Panel will be confirmed to both parties in
  writing, within 5 working days of the hearing if a decision is made immediately on
  conclusion of the appeal hearing or within 10 working days of the appeal hearing
  if a decision has not been made immediately.
• The decision of the Grievance Appeal Panel will be final.