Hi,
I was just after a bit of advice if anyone could help. The area we are in doesn’t have many good schools and we were really hoping to get into our first choice. However, we haven’t and aren’t overly happy with the other choices.
We have put ourselves down on the waiting list and appealed, but I have spoken to the secretary and she couldn’t give me a reason as to why DS didn’t get in. I presume it was because we were out of the catchment area (2.6 miles away). However, our circumstances have changed and it will no longer be us taking him to school, we will be dropping him off with family who live 1.5 miles away from the school as DH and I both have to leave v early for work and they will be taking DS to and from school. We’ve put this in the appeal, along with wanting him to go to a faith school and the one he has been offered isn’t (we filled out a faith form during the application).
The secretary said they have offered 17 places this year, so well under the maximum of 30. I suppose my question is, what can I do, if anything, to maximise our chances of getting in? Or is it just something we need to let go of?
Sorry for the long post, very stressed out!
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GoBrookeYourself · 16/04/2021 14:25
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