We moved to a very rural village in August. We didn't get a place at the local school as it was full and my DD1 had to start reception elsewhere, a good 8 miles away. She had gone to preschool there so we decided to keep her there. We were hoping to get a place this year as DS1 starts reception in September, but nobody has moved or is likely to move this year and the class is full at 30 kids. Now my dilemma is: what do I do? I can't do 2 school runs as both schools start at the same time + I need to take the other 2 kids to a nursery elsewhere, so I would be doing 3 school runs, which is impossible. Do I send them both to the school 8 miles away? That would mean giving up altogether on the chance of them attending a local school. If I appeal will I have any chance of succeeding, if the class is at 30 already?
thanks for following this far )
Emy
(PS I looked into other local schools, one a catholic one about 4 miles away is full and the other one only has 30 children in the whole school and it seems a little of an odd setup).