After being prompted by the Hull Daily Mail, Hull City Council rang Ms Norton later that day to say they would be able to offer Autumn a place at St Vincent's, without the need for an appeal.
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A mother was left outraged when her seven-year-old daughter had her school place revoked just an hour before she was due to start classes.
Autumn McDonald was ready in her uniform, excited to start at St Vincent's VC Academy in West Hull yesterday when her mother got a phone call saying there had been a 'mix up'.
Cora Norton was told the school no longer had a space for Autumn after a family who planned to take their child elsewhere 'changed their minds'.
Excitement turned to tears as Autumn was told she would no longer be starting her new school.
To add to the confusion, her five-year-old sister Esme, who has autism, was told she could start at St Vincent's - but there was no room for Autumn.
The girls were changing schools after their mother moved the family from one side of Hull to the other.
The mother-of-three said she could not believe she was not told sooner and said the news was especially hard for her other daughter who has autism and struggles with change.
She said: 'I filled out the transfer forms two weeks before the holidays started.
'Our place was confirmed so I contacted the school directly and they told me their new teachers names, they told me about the SEN things they have, told me the uniform, the date they go back, there was no problem what so ever.
'I have had to spend the full holidays explaining to my five-year-old who is autistic, about the huge change of a new school, not to mention going out to Rawcliffes buying the new and correct uniforms.
'They were due to start today. I got a phone call at 7.40am, it was a teacher from the school saying, 'I'm really sorry your children did both have a place but a child which was meant to be leaving has informed the council that they're not leaving'.
'They said Autumn cannot start but Esme can, and they are saying it's the councils fault and saying they should have contacted you. I just said to the person 'what am I supposed to do?
'I've got two children who are over the moon to start the new school, I've got the uniform and now you're telling me they cannot start?' I was annoyed, angry, I cried.
'What do I do now? It's a mixed bag of emotions. It was like meltdown century telling my five-year-old.
I'd been telling her today is the day, she didn't understand why she couldn't go. She didn't take it very well.
'My seven-year-old doesn't know what school she will go to and I don't know either and I've got them both asking me questions but I'm saying, 'I can't answer you because I don't know'.
Ms Norton said she was left in limbo because although Autumn could have gone back to her old school, Marfleet Primary School in East Hull, she didn't want her daughters to be separated.
She said: 'Autumn can't go back to her previous school because it's the other end of Hull and I don't drive so I can't drop two off at the same time in different places.
'I don't know whether to send Esme to the new school or not because I don't want her to get settled then have to move her again if two places come up at another school.
'I rang admissions to complain and they told me I will have to appeal, but it could take weeks.'
After being prompted by the Hull Daily Mail, Hull City Council rang Ms Norton later that day to say they would be able to offer Autumn a place at St Vincent's, without the need for an appeal.