We are moving to a new area and a new LEA.
DD is in Key Stage 1 (so 30 limit on class sizes).
I've rung round all the schools in the area and they are all full. The LEA have said that they would place her within a 2 mile radius if all schools were full. I don't know how they would do this. I'm presuming that they can force a school to take a child despite class size limits, under certain circumstances.
I've rung round all the schools in the LEA 2 mile radius too and there is only one school with a place that might be coming up.
However, our last experience of this one school was driving past it with children running out of the playground with rocks (from a skip) which they were throwing at each other. We had to swerve to avoid them. When I got out I had a volley of abuse from them!
There is no way I would send DD there. However, could the LEA say that we had to take the place? Could they refuse to place her in another already full school if there is a place at this school?
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Can we be forced to take this school place?
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themagickeybegan · 07/10/2008 11:04
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