No Secondary School Place Offered - what next?
Hi
Firstly apologies for the long post. I feel a bit lost and confused. I have spent most of the last few days online trying find out what our options are or what I should do and feel overwhelmed.
My DS did not get a place at any of the 3 school preferences that we had put forward nor has he been offered any alternatives.
Currently my DC all attend a school in the neighbouring county. For my DS, our first choice was for an oversubscribed academy school in our LA and the second was a faith school in the neighbouring county. The third, also in the neighbouring county, was for a school that he would have fed into.
On Thursday, I didn't receive any emails but I was able to log into the council website to view the offers. On the application it says that they have not been able offer DS a place at this time.
I called up the admissions office Friday morning to clarify and the lady advised that she couldn't see the reasons why we weren't offered a place and I would have to wait for the schools to send written correspondence. I asked about waiting lists and she stated that I would have to respond to the correspondence to be added onto them.
When I questioned that no alternative place had been offered, she was a bit surprised but she advised that I would have to make a new application for any other schools I would like to apply to. There is a school that is within catchment but as it has been oversubscribed, I would be put onto a waiting list for that one, although there were a few others further out that had places available.
I am looking to appeal as our first choice school in our LA would be ideal and my son has his heart set on it, but on its list of 5 criteria, we would fall into the last one.
With our third choice I was extremely surprised he was not offered a place as the school DS attends is a feeder school and would fulfil the second criteria, although it maybe that because we are out of the catchment area, we didn't get a place.
I honestly have not got a clue what I should do. I have a few questions:
What should/could I do now?
At the moment I'm thinking that I should wait until they send out the letters to see what reasons they have for declining a place and then take it from there. But then I think that there is a risk I'm going to miss out on any opportunity.
Would the LA have the waiting lists or would it be the school, how soon are they compiled and when can I find out about where on the list my DS would be?
If I was to make another application, would this precede my original application or affect it in any way?
Why has an alternative not been offered?
From what I've read online, I appreciate that there still time for things to move but as this is all new to me, I'm hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance
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Mum52016 · 03/03/2018 16:14
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