Namechanging as some other local parents know my usual name.
I really don't want to become a complaining parent before dc1 even starts school, but have just received my first letter from them.
There will be a home visit in less than 2 weeks time. I think home visits are a great idea where feasible, but the letter then says the time (lunchtime) and day are not negotiable, and if we do not have the visit that day, the school place will be removed (not may, or possibly if evidence suggests the child doesn't live at your address - will!)
I'm sure there are people locally who fake addresses to get kids into certain schools, but this isn't one of those schools!
Is requiring a visit even legal? They don't actually mention anything about the purpose of the visit - I was idly wondering about taking dc1 to nursery anyway and letting them loose on DH who will have just woken up and be grumpy. :) For extra annoyance, the letter was addressed only to me despite DH being on all the LEA paperwork, but that's really probably not worth raising at this point. [sigh]
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newschoolmum · 19/06/2013 19:49
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