Good Law Project?

I suppose it is possible that an LA have left 'Gemma' high and dry with absolutely no support. But it seems unlikely they wouldn't even support a school admission - especially since this change seems recent. And if she is unable to support this child to the extent that she can't navigate the admissions process she should be getting much much more support with such a vulnerable child, which almost certainly won't be forthcoming from a group with their own narrow agenda.

So many good posts clarifying some of the possible complexities about all this.
Funny how the fox killer demonstrates an embarrassing lack of knowledge about child welfare, safeguarding, child development, schools and education every time he pronounces on twitter. Almost as if he speaks without thinking.....

Yes it all sounds peculiar, since it's so obvious on the surface: very likely some key facts not available to the public.

I wonder whether the school are aware of the known impact of the presence of the child who wants a place on the child already in their care, and they are acting to protect them.

LAC are priority aren't they?

I could be wrong, but I don't know if an informal arrangement eg staying with a family friend would confer a LAC status.

Bet it's a boys school Elliot wants...

None of this makes sense.

LAC are priority aren't they?

So does the school just not have any spaces ?

Is it the child they are refusing or demands/threats they are just unable to accommodate and so are unwilling to take the chance of legal ramifications?

Is it a single sex school so the child's admission is just not appropriate?

There are no details here at all.

Given what the report says (only living relative is frail grandfather, child was apparently moved to protect grandfather from COVID risk) is quite likely that the child in question is traumatised. I can well believe the school just don’t want to deal with the challenge, wouldn’t be the first time a school come up with a weaselly excuse for a child with SEN or other needs. If what the governor said is reported accurately, they need to be fired.

Unfortunately I can’t believe a word that Jolyon Maugham says so no idea whether this is true, accurate etc.

Now this...

Christ that is awful. Of course it wouldn't be appropriate to name the school or make Twitter allegations against professionals doing their job.

If the school is wrong then, for the reasons PP has said, there is a process to resolve the issue. There is nothing about this which is made better by publicity.

the school can't deal with someone without PR

I suspect this is the real issue. A FC can't just transfer a child schools. That is a very misleading description of the situation if the child isn't actually in FC.

Unless it's a single sex school this is a simple 'you have places, admit this child.' But the school can't deal with someone without PR I don't think and this all sounds very informal, possibly making this child even more vulnerable.

I am also certain that GLP is not sharing the full story or context.

Based on the screenshot in the OP are the school not doing what is continually demanded of them by activists which is to keep everything secret and not 'out' anybody?

Seems that they can't win. They refuse the place based on the fact activists have repeatedly said outing people is a safeguard risk. Or they give the place and the child is 'outed' and they will still be accused of creating harm.

Perhaps the GLP want this other vulnerable child removed from the school? That would fit with what usually happens in these sort of scenarios - other people have to be discriminated against to uphold someones identity.

I could be wrong (yes I sometimes am) but I picked this up in a completely different way. I thought that due to the nature of keeping a child's transgender status confidential, the school were concerned that it would not be possible to do this because the vulnerable pupil (possibly with special needs???) knows him and would not be able to keep quiet. If this was the case what alternatives does a school have?

I don't want to comment on something that has more holes in it then a block of Swiss cheese. However at the heart of it there seems to be a very troubled young teen and I'm not sure The GLP should be using them like this.

If it is a single sex school, how is the fox murderer proposing that none of the other children know this kid is female?

At 13 maybe. By 15 or 16? None of them pass as male.

I would guess because Jolyon is involved that it’s not the ordinary sort of admission process the client wants help with.

Has "the client" engaged Jolyon/GLP and asked for help?

Surely he shouldn't be discussing a client's case in this way. Just leaving out the names isn't really in the spirit of anonymity/confidentiality.

I am also working on the assumption that this isn't applying for a single sex school.

We don’t know.
I would guess because Jolyon is involved that it’s not the ordinary sort of admission process the client wants help with.
I am assuming they wanted something more special, such as maybe promising not to divulge the child’s trans status and to suppress that information from any source, and it sounds that the school couldn’t make that promise because a child already there already knew, and the school couldn’t promise that other vulnerable child would never mention a true thing?
But we don’t know.

The facts of this sound a bit unusual. The child could be in a private fostering arrangement and not have a social worker. However if the school has places and the child doesn't have a history of permanent exclusions then they do seem on the face of it to be be breach of the school admissions code. The Local Authority should be involved here, and if the child has a place either but the school won't put them on roll then the DfE should be involved with a direction to admit. I've had to do them when schools have refused to admit on other spurious grounds and it's lengthy to do. If the child is Looked After then the LA should have a virtual school who is ensuring the child is admitted

I'm done giving the fox-killer the benefit of the doubt, here he is comparing the vulnerable child to a racist, he's unhinged

All analogies break down eventually but there are some that don't pass even the first sniff.