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Current school contacted to say ds is moving but we haven't been offered or accepted a place

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balletgirlmum · 01/06/2015 17:55

Ds is currently in Year 6 at a private school & is due to move into year 7 in September.

He has had some difficulties so we have considered moving him back to the state sector. We & the school suspect as ASD (dd has one) but we can't afford to pay privately for a diagnoses & the NHS refuse to refer him as he isn't severe enough (funding).

We made a late application to a local secondary school in a neighbouring authority knowing it was full but asking to go on the waiting list. That way if things didn't work out at least we would be on the waiting list for a place as soon as one came up.

Today his current school had a call from a completely different (failing) secondary school in our authority saying that he was going to be starting there in September. Ds would hate to go there especially as its a faith school & he's a bit fixated with the issue of religion in education & atheism for a start.

Surely they should have contacted us to at least offer us a place & wait for us to accept or decline before contacting his current school.

I've had no contact at all from the LA. It all seems a bit odd.

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balletgirlmum · 01/06/2015 18:12

No point attending induction days at a school that is currently full.

As it stands we are geared up to him staying where he is. If a place becomes available at the waiting list school we will re-assess.

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ragged · 01/06/2015 18:07

Induction days are coming up, you want to find out when they are, ideally. Never mind the hassle of buying all the uniform and right calculator, etc.

meditrina · 01/06/2015 18:05

It sounds like something has got out of step or even lost in the system (possible if notifications to you and to other school went out at same time).

If you apply for a state school place, they will allocate you one. So thus means you've not got a place at the school you applied for, so they gave allocated you the nearest one with a vacancy.

You need to get in touch with the admissions team, decline the place, and check you are on the waiting list for preferred school.

As they check children are not missing from education, you'll need to state what education DS will receive from September (in your case, the name of the private school you have lined up).