HELP what can i do to get my kids into the school i want

[boobyprize]

Hi
I have moved 5 miles away from my two boys school. There is a school at the top of the road nad they say they have no space and can't fit my boys in.

I am desperate.They both have dyslexia and this school is a feeder school for a secondary school with a dyslexia unit in it which also happens to be walking distance from my home.
They are both on the waiting list. I ahve a dd who is due to start a school in september and have had to put the school that the boys currantly go to as my first choice as i can 't do two school runs at once.
I am desperate what can i do to get them in. They are year 5 and 3 so if dd gets into the school they are at that means 6 years of driving 8 miles a day when i have a school at the top of my road

how fruststrating. Suggest all you can do its show interest in the local school,a ttending hteir fundraisers etc and get your face known, then ring up from time to time to enquire. tbh I'd have still been inclined to put it top of list for dd as then the others might get to top of their respective year's lists as siblings. Chances are a space would come up for each over a period of time but you may well have to accept that you will have some kids at one and some at another in the short term in order to achieve it. Could someone else meet your boys and watch them until you get over there or is there an after school club/activity at either?

Can't offer any practical advice I am afraid, but would mention what a friend of mine did when she could not get her dd into the local school of the village she moved to. Her dd had a place at the pre-school (but not the main school) and she found out that one of the children didn't actually live in the catchment area but was using a relatives address. She dobbed them in and her dd got the place . Not something I would condone though.

booby, I would try to get DD into the school you're trying to get the boys into not the one they're at now even if it does mean two school runs. It will show you're committed to the new school.

i won't be able to get to pick the boys up in time though. She will finish at 3.10 pm and the boys at 3.15 p.m and it is a 20 minute drive away

Could they/she go to a childminder who collects after school for an hour or so ? Will your dd be full time from September anyway ?

she will be part time in the afternoons for six weeks and then full time whick means a pain getting her there in the mornings too.

If your dd gets in, you might be suprised that your sons suddenly get places too. I would defineatly put that school down as first choice. Between now and spet people do move house etc and often places come available

BP - have you actually filled in the application form? Fill out a form, and tick the box saying 'SEN'. Put with it a letter explaining very clearly about the dyslexia, and the 2ndry unit. Enclose any evidence you have - copies of IEP (if he has/had one). Any paperwork relating to his diagnosis for dyslexia, a letter from your GP to say he has dyslexia, and you are v worried that if he does not get the right support, he will be stressed and fall behind.

Then, he may well go straight to the top of the waiting list and you will get a place as soon as one becomes available.

Put dd down for both schools.