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Having made it through a long and gruelling approval process we are now in the matching process and have been shortlisted for a few children, waiting to hear more in January.
A few of the LAs (we are with a national agency) demand that the school our child would go to is at least Ofsted rated Good and preferably Outstanding. Sadly, this rules out the very popular, supportive and nurturing local primary within walking distance of our home - I had wanted our future child to go here not just because of its ethos but because I felt going to the local school was important for integration etc. The school has been downgraded from 'Good' this time because it does not stretch its most able learners. The children we have been shortlisted for have significant SEN and delay and are borderline mainstream/SEN school. It's a very popular and much-loved school and I feel disappointed that it is effectively ruled out.
Our nearest, potentially good/supportive 'Good' or 'Outstanding' school is walkable but across the boundary line in the next borough. We live in a crowded urban area, anyone have experience of a LAC getting a place at a school of choice even if it is out of area?
We will need to look at schools more closely in January when they open again, so any advice welcome when it comes to speaking to LA's, our own LA was quite pushy about where they might allow the child to go although when pressed on it admitted that a LAC was 'category A' but still insisted they would only be given a place at a school where there were already places...
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PootlewasthebestFlump · 22/12/2015 20:38
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