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Secondary School Appeal could cry

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Boymumtimes4 · 23/05/2026 16:27

Just got the appeal pack and feeling hopeless. I thought we had a fighting chance given our reasons below but they’ve put that they’ve already taken an additional 15 students over pan and they can’t even take one more child and all these health and safety concerns etc I just feel like crying as there’s literally no other school I can do given the below reasons as a single parent with hardly any support

  1. racism from students at allocated school well documented with police reports
  2. Im Guardian to my 2 nephews both SEND. 1 is starting primary in sept and other attends school I want my son to go to. My argument is I can’t escort 3 children to 3 separate schools and older nephew is unable to travel independently due to his needs.
  3. mental health implications well documented struggles doctor has wrote me a letter and we have a Camhs referral and also support at primary school
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AuContrairePubicHair · 23/05/2026 16:41

I know nothing about school admissions but if your nephew is officially in your care and is already at the school you wanted for your son, was there no sibling priority given to your son at the application stage?