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         The 
        Education Reform Act 1988, requires local authorities to establish local 
        arrangements for the “consideration and disposal” of certain complaints 
        by parents and others about the school curriculum. Complaints to be 
        dealt with by these arrangements would be those where it is alleged that 
        the authority or the governing body of any county has acted, or is 
        proposing to act, unreasonably in respect of the school curriculum and 
        related matters or has failed to discharge any duty in relation to these 
        requirements. |  
      
        | Accordingly, problems should be referred to the 
        Headteacher in the first instance. If the issue cannot be resolved 
        informally, then it may be referred to a panel of school governors and 
        in the last resort to an LEA panel for formal consideration of 
        complaints. | 
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