According to Child Law advice (registered charity), if Local Authorities have an exceptional/compelling oversubscription category then they must "set out in their arrangements how they will define this need".
Can anybody confirm if this is the case and if so does anyone have any examples of what these arrangements may look like?
My local authority doesn't appear to publish any details and whilst trying to research I have found a failed appeal case that was taken to the ombudsman. One of the reasons the appeal was not upheld was because the medical need was for the parent rather than the child.
However, when I spoke with the head of admissions about my own circumstances, she told me that parental conditions can be taken into account which obviously contradicts the finding of the ombudsman in a 2016 case.
I'm just trying to find out if the information about what can be accepted in this category should be published.
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rebeccabecca · 20/04/2018 12:26
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