Friend has had her childs school place withdrawn, advice please.

[kimi]

A friend of mine has two children, a daughter in year six and a son who is due to go in to reception this year, she applied for and was given place at the school her DD is in, this was her first choice. Now the place has been taken away as her DD will have left the school and gone to high school by the time her DS starts reception and so he will not have siblings there (They live outside the catchment area).
She has no idea where her DS will be going, he keeps asking what school am I going to mummy, and she so badly wants him in her 1st choice school where her DD has been for the last 7 years. Can a place be withdrawn and how does she go about appealing?

Anyone been in this situation?

I did say I thought that you had to have a brother or sister STILL at the school, but she put the right dates in and was given a place, then I think someone somewhere has said oops we cocked up and took it away again, but they waited 4 weeks to do so.

I know it is going to be so hard for her to find another school and sort out the child care.
Its all a bloody mess, poor woman really does not need the stress of all this as she has a lot going on health/relationship/money wise at the moment too.