Hello, DS did not get offered any of his choices and has been allocated a totally unacceptable school. It's currently just six portacabins in a very run down area crime ridden area and he is not going to go there even if we have to sell our home and send him to private school. We will be appealing for his 1st choice, but wonder if declining the allocated school now would affect the appeal in a positive (i.e. He will have NO school and so needs to be helped) or whether it would have a negative effect on the appeal. Any advice most welcome. We are so tempted just to refuse this place now do that the local authority will be compelled to help but are we kidding ourselves? We are very clear that he will not be going to this school under any circumstances so should we just tell the local authorities that now?