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Can I refuse to accept an offer to state school?

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Woonang · 10/09/2021 18:30

My family is planning to move to the High Barnet. We've located a house for letting but which is very close to a "requires improvement" school. If my DS is offered to study in that school, do I have the right to decline the offer? Thx for yr advice first.

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OrangeTortoise · 10/09/2021 18:33

You can decline the offer, but you won't necessarily be offered an alternative. The council will have "done its bit" in offering you a school.

Are there any other schools close by which he has a reasonable chance of getting in to? If you put them first, he will be offered a place above the school you don't like, if he's high enough on the admissions criteria.