DD is due to start school in September. We applied for our local school, which is within walking distance, but she did not get a place due to being such a high demand, so they simply took the nearest X amount of pupils, sadly, DD was not one of them We contested until I was blue in the face, but there was simply not enough spaces and it was not open for contesting.
She was offered a place at the next nearest school, which is 7.5 miles away. We took this option, not really any other choice.
Due to us living further than a certain distance from this school (I think it's something like 3 miles?), the LEA are obliged to provide free transort for DD, in the form of a school bus, which already runs. She will catch the bus from the next street over, works out great for us
However, for the first 2 terms, DD will be going part time in school, then full time after that. They will start 30min ealier than the rest of the school so then the youngest new children are settled in the class room before the rest of the school arrives/starts, and then she will finish at 12.30pm.
The problem is that we are a no-car family, so getting DD to and from school is a very big problem
AIBU to expect the LEA/school to provide us or help us out somehow, seeing as the LEA didn't provide her with a place at our local, walking distance, school?
Have spoken to LEA and they said that until DD is full time, it is up to us to get her to and from school. I made it clear that we do not have a car and they said that it was personal issues with us and not them.
Am feeling very about the whole situation and a bit