A question for secondary admissions experts.
The parent (not me, asking for a relative), ranked 4 schools. She made the first choice largely on a glowing Ofsted report. Soon after the application deadline last year the first preference school was downgraded quite dramatically by Ofsted following an inspection.
Parent contacted the LEA in January and asked for school to be removed from list of preferences. LEA refused.
Offer day comes around. First choice (now unwanted) offered. Parent appealing for fourth choice which would have been allocated on offer day if first choice had been withdrawn. Now on the waiting list and appealing.
My question, was the LEA correct in telling her she could not withdraw a school from her list? I understand the reason they gave was that it was too late and have a knock on effect on the whole system ( pan London).
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Changed mind on offered school - appeal
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Fatcatfat · 22/06/2019 15:15
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