I am looking for advice. I have just completed a primary school application for my DS2 who is due to go to school in September. I have put his older brother's school down as our first choice as it would obviously be easier to have both our children at the same school, but we moved slightly out of catchment after DS1 started. DS1 has emotional and social difficulties as well as ongoing hearing (glue ear) issues. He's been flagged as probably being on the autistic spectrum, has been on the SEN register since starting school and has also been evaluated by many professionals within school. His younger brother is unlikely to get into the same school because there are a very large number of in-catchment children applying this year, and they are prioritised over out-of-catchment siblings. Both we and the teachers feel that moving our older son would impact him significantly and should be avoided if at all possible, so we will probably have two kids at different schools. My elder son needs a very constant routine to minimise meltdowns and also to arrive early at school because it takes him a long time to put his stuff away etc so the drops offs can already be challenging. I was wondering if anyone else had an experience like this and whether it was considered relevant at appeal?
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