I am nervous now as I have my school transport appeal tomorrow. I am appealing on the grounds that there is no safe walking route to any school from our house. The council have refused transport as they say our kids don't go to the nearest school. The kids go to school A, 1.2 miles from our house, which has a catchment radius of 4 miles. There is another school, school B, 1.5 miles from our house. It has a catchment radius of 0.6 miles or less. We didn't apply to school B as the chair of governors laughed, at the open evening, when we told her how far away we lived - we recognised too we had no chance of getting a place there.
The council say that school B has a shorter walking route to our house, although that's still more than 2 miles, and that providing us transport would set a precedent resulting in financial tumult and disaster.
Any last minute tips?
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vincentvangogh · 23/08/2011 22:01
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