Hi,
We have 3 children; 8, 5 & 4.
When we moved to the area, our eldest was in Yr 2. There was no space at the catchment school, and he was eventually (4 months later) offered a place at an out of catchment school (our second preference).
When it came time for our 2nd child to start school, we therefore put the same (out of catchment) school down as first preference, and thankfully he was given a place.
You can probably tell where this is going....
Our youngest did not get in to the same school, and has been offered the original catchment school which our eldest was displaced from.
So we will have one in Year R at one school, and 2 in Year 1 and 5 at another school. The schools are about 10 minutes apart and the school day hours are identical.
There are other complications which I won't go into, but safe to say it's going to be a nightmare.
I've spoken to the LA and they are basically saying "all you can really do is appeal", but as this will be an infant class size appeal, I'm wondering if there is any point? She is currently number 3 on the waiting list.
I can find lots of similar cases on the internet, but always where the parents have chosen and out of catchment school for their eldest child. But we tried unsuccessfully to get our eldest into the catchment school, and he was ultimately displaced by the LA.
I just wondered if anyone had any advice, or has been in the same situation and appealed? This is in West Sussex.
Thanks
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jheqt · 29/05/2018 03:54
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31/05/2018 18:20
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