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Secondary school waiting list for in year admissions

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divhan · 24/09/2020 22:39

Hi everyone
I recently moved to Hounslow and have applied for year 8 school admissions for my DD.
Unfortunately LA informed us all the 3 of our preferred schools have no spaces ,so have put her in waiting list. The closest school would be Heathland and waiting list 2 . Bit frustrating as my DD is not part of any school currently..Not sure whether it is worth waiting for this school .Have anyone experienced such situation. Please advice

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divhan · 25/09/2020 15:05

Thank you Lougle. This gives me some hope. Still waiting for LA decision to think about appeal

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Lougle · 24/09/2020 22:44

You can appeal for any school and it's not incredibly hard to win a secondary school appeal because they have such large numbers that one more child often isn't a huge squeeze. It will depend on whether they are already over number, rather than just 'full'.