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School Admissions Error

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Ursula85 · 04/03/2022 11:53

Please help. I put my address on my daughter's high school application, not thinking, and I should have put her father's address. I emailed them in October with a response from one of the advisor's who said put the address he lives most so I asked for them to put it as his - he is in the catchment area - I am not. I didn't get a response and I naively never chased it up.
The worst has happened. They have refused admission for my daughter, the only person in her whole school year who didn't get in to the school. I have tried to call the admissions and they wont talk to me - they have asked me to send an email which I have done but they have not responded as of yet.
I don't know where to turn. I will appeal. My daughter has special anxiety and now she will need to get on a school bus to school from her dad's whereas if she had gone to the other school I would have dropped her off. I am thinking to go down this route of appeal along with I am 100% certain if it had been his address then she would be in. I don't know if anybody has any experience of this and what I can do? Do I need to add the evidence before the appeal deadline or can I add it later on?
My daughter has cried every day since.

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Twizbe · 04/03/2022 12:08

You'll also need a reason why you did the form and not her father if she lives with him the most.

titchy · 04/03/2022 12:05

I suspect you'll (him in fact) need a lot of proof that she lives with him not you. Your application is likely to be viewed as potentially fraudulent given you applied but wanted to use your ex's address.

Regardless, you'll also need to show that you tried to change the address within the timescales - do you have email proof showing this?

cherryonthecakes · 04/03/2022 12:03

It's not clear if your dd lives mainly with her dad or you?

RedskyThisNight · 04/03/2022 12:02

I can't help on the appeal (there are experts on this board, who I'm sure will be along shortly), but you should absolutely make sure that the address is corrected now. If you're correct, and your daughter would have got a place at that address, then that will at least put her top or near the top of the preferred school's waiting list with a high chance of getting in without an appeal.

(I'm assuming here that her father's address is the address where she lives most. You may have to provide evidence of this).