Admission appeals

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Secondly school appeal
My child passed gl transfer but he only got in to his 3rd choice which he doesn't want to get into as the boy that bullied him in primary is there he stopped eating etc and anxiety is through the roof I need this appeal to go through I have no idea what to say can someone tell me what yo say the school is half an hour away the one he wants to go to all were oversubscribed this year

Reposting the advice I gave on the other thread for the benefit of anyone reading this thread...

To win your appeal, you need to show that the disadvantage to your son through not being admitted outweighs any problems the school will face through having to cope with an additional pupil. Unfortunately, the fact that the boy who bullied your son is going to the same school is unlikely to give you a case. The boy concerned may be in a different form to your son and the secondary school may be more effective at dealing with bullying. That point would be stronger if your son was already at the school, was being bullied and the school was failing to do anything effective about it. You should raise it, but you need to find other arguments to strengthen your case. Look for things this school offers that are missing from the allocated school and are particularly relevant to your son. So, for example, if your son is musically talented and the school you want has lots of extra-curricular musical activities, but the allocated school doesn't, that is the kind of thing you need to bring up.