Hello, I wondered if anyone had any experience challenging school admission criteria based on step/half siblings. The secondary school my step sons go to have the following policy:
Where a child has shared care and spends time with both parents/carers in separate homes and both have parental responsibility,
the home at which the child spends the majority of school nights will be treated as the home address.
My step sons spend more time at their mother's address on school nights but have a strong sibling bond with their step brother and half brother ... but this isn't factored in at all with this criteria? Has anyone had any experience of challenging this? I feel it is unfair that they cannot be treated as siblings, when in one instance they have had a sibling relationship since (my son) was two and in the other instance they are related through their father. I believe if it is shared parental responsibility then two addresses should be considered. My son is in Year Four so I have time to challenge this. Any experience of this very welcome.
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ecolightbulb · 25/04/2018 13:21
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