Hi, my ds has just been refused a place at the catholic infant school that my dd currently attends, due to the fact that he has not been baptised.
Neither of my children are baptised as yet, however I am a catholic and we have all been attending weekly mass for over a year.
There are reasons why we did not baptise my dd as a baby due to her serious illness. Since her recovery, it has always been our intention to baptise them together, however the priest has insisted we wait until August 2010.
The head was well aware of our situation and the priest even telephoned to say that by start of the school term our ds would be baptised.
Upon reading up on our local council website the definition of a catholic is : 'A child who, with his or her family, is participating in a recognised course of preparation leading to baptism. Written verification signed by a Catholic priest and stamped with the parish stamp will be required'
Obviously we did not realise the second part, we thought a telephone call would suffice.
Do you think that this would count as misadministration by the Governors or not? As that is the only way we could win, we are 9th on the list, 60 places have been offered and accepted according to the head.
Also if we get this letter now would we move up to 1st on the list (knowing that other baptised children on our street without siblings have been offered a place).
I am absolutely distraught about this as our catchment school is 5 miles in the opposite direction and I cannot bear the thought of taking my dd out of the school she absolutely loves. Any help greatly appreciated - sorry for rambling !
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clairebear70 · 20/04/2010 23:09
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