Just that really. I have no idea how fast we might move up the list. There were 1000 applicants for 180 places. We were out of catchment by 148m. Outer London. That's for our first choice. For our second choice we are 168th. We actually applied under special circumstances even though we hoped we were in catchment (we would have been last year), but obviously that wasn't enough. It will still form the basis of my appeal though. DS suffers from anxiety and has been on the SEN register for most of his school career because of it. Saw CAHMS when he was younger but they were useless. I am a safeguarding lead in a primary and know he wouldn't meet threshold for CAHMS now. I'm being very very positive in front of DS about him still having a chance of getting in and also about the potential school, even though it is not a good alternative. Meanwhile I keep bursting into tears!
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