School Appeal to Selective School

[ABmumAB]

I am after advice please.
My son is in top few of his school but didn't get required mark for selective grammar school. 7pupils of his school year did so and have gone.
We have decided to appeal as ]a) School agree he is of required academic ability, b) medical issue means he has mitigating grounds for why he didnt perform on the day.
But how do we convince panel prejudice to my son is greater than prejudice to school going over its admission number. Our concern is with the top 7 children gone he has no children of his ability left at his school. Thanks. We have an appeal date in 2 weeks time.

Why is this only now coming to appeal? Remember you are apoealing for the school you want, not against his current one. What makes you think no other children there are of his level, presumably it is only a few weeks into term.

I think you may have been in a stronger position if you had flagged the mitigating circumstances at the time.

I don't understand why all the children who have been accepted have immediately left, though? Doesnt that normally happen in September? Was he very far off rhe acceptance threshold?

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I see now that my message doesn't contain enough information really. Probably best i close the thread

Or add the detail ?

Is the school an independent so the seven other kids will move on to the grammar but your DC would go onto the senior school?

Unless the mitigating circumstances are extreme, it doesn't sound to me as though you'll succeed OP.