V long and complicated story but please bear with me....
My Oldest DS has been at an out of catchment infant school and is now in year 1. We applied for him to go to the linked junior school. However they take 75 places at the infant and only 60 at the junior.
At the same time, we applied for my middle DS for the same infant school. they will start Yr 3 and reception respectively this september. My youngest DS ( and the middle one) has a childminder whose own children attend the infant and junior schools above and she therefore does the school run as well for my DS.
On Wednesday we were told in writing that both boys had got places at the junior and infant schools and all was great.
On friday, we got a letter saying they were terribly sorry they had made a mistake and offered too many places at the junior school and were going to have to retract my oldest DS's place and offered one at another school ( a rubbish one, which is nearer where we live but miles away from the infant school and chidlminder)
They have also ( I think to make up for their screw up) offered 64 instead of 60 places at the junior school which makes the chances of a successful appeal even harder.
So I have an oldest DS nowhere, the middle DS starting at the infant school in September and my youngest DS who has Down's syndrome and who I am desperate not to move from the childminder who is ace.
I need to start tackling this on Monday. HELP!!!