I have recently moved area and borough although not to far from previous house. My dc is currently at an independent school and due to various reasons we are not in a position to keep them there after July. We have a fantastic school where we live 0.7 miles which we would have been well in catchment if we applied during the normal round.
My reasons for applying is because for 1 we can no longer afford to keep him in private and is currently in yr9 so important to be settled into a school gcse kicks in. The school specialises in sports, math and IT which are his favourite subjects, single Sex school, walking distance and I feel that as we are new to the area and know nobody would be good to go to the local school as the catchment for the school is only 1 mile so nearly every child walks to school meaning it will help him settle in as well as make friends locally.
Spoke to the school and they said the is no point appealing because you won't win. They also sent an email saying this;
"I can confirm that although the school has a relatively small in-take per year of 210 boys, we are still a larger than average Secondary School with 1,690 pupils on site (which includes our Sixth Form of which there are 625 girls and boys). In year 9 we currently have 215 boys, which is above our published admission number, therefore, even if we were to lose one or two boys we still wouldn’t be replacing them. Our SEN total for year 9 currently stands at 53, of which 14 are fully Statemented, with the rest needing teaching support for minor learning difficulties. Class room sizes vary, but in the main we try to stick to about 26 to 28 per class, although the more challenging classes will have fewer pupils.
This Year because the Borough have struggled to find enough places for children going into Secondary School, we have had to take on a bulge class of an additional 30 pupils for year 7. Therefore, as you can imagine, we are bursting at the seams and even if you decided to appeal, the outcome does not look promising. I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I’m afraid there is no point appealing as you won't win and don't want to waste either of our time."
So to keep it simple does that mean it's pointless applying. I have spoken to the La and they have said there are no school places available in the borough and they mentioned the fair access protocol but nothing will be done until he has officially left his current school meaning if he left in July he would be out of school in Sept until a school is found
Does anyone have any advice what to do
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Mumofmanychores · 20/12/2015 06:38
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