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moshi1066 · 15/05/2023 09:25

Good morning all,

I'm having some challenges here with the admissions process and I wonder if anyone can give me some good advice.

My daughter, Y9 pupil, has been home schooled for the first two terms of the year. Unfortunately, an unavoidable change in circumstances means that neither parent is now available to provide home schooling. We applied via the in-year transfer process for my daughter for a school place some 3 months ago now. We have heard nothing. I've pestered the LA admissions team who are blaming the local school because they are an Academy and manage their own admissions. I've written to the local school numerous times and called. I'm being ignored and I can never get to speak to someone in any kind of authority.

The really frustrating thing is, my daughter is quite robust emotionally, but during the waiting process over last couple of week, I've noticed her start to get down.

Do I have any options here? Or does my daughter just have to wait? Is this the type of thing to get my local MP or counsellor involved with?

Many thanks for any help anyone can give.

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Zeonlywayisup · 15/05/2023 09:26

I’d just go into the school and talk to them.

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moshi1066 · 15/05/2023 09:29

Thanks for your reply. This is the issue, I can't get past the secretary - everyone seems to be busy. I'm wondering if I can somehow demand an audience with someone in some kind of authority?

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Lifelessordinary1 · 17/05/2023 08:53

If the school you want does not have any spaces then she will not get in and if it is a popular school there may be a waiting list and she may not be anywhere near the top of that list and you will have to look elsewhere - but it is frustrating they are not letting you know.

Your child will not be a priority because she is HE as she is considered in full time education the same as children wanting to transfer from other schools. If you tell the LA you can no longer provide her with that full time education and so she is not being educated they will allocate her a school place and you will have to take it whatever school it is.

I doubt an MP or local counsellor would look at it any differently - your child will be offered a school place and will have to wait in line like everyone else for the school you really want.

But it is rude of the school not to let you know the position - this would be making me question whether it really is the right school.

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Saracen · 18/05/2023 19:26

If the LA has been unable to find her a place in a local school, they should by now have invoked their Fair Access Protocol to place her. The fact she was previously home ed isn't relevant; she'd be in the same situation if you had moved to the area. So this home ed board is not necessarily the best place to post. You'll get more traffic and more responses on one of the other boards.

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 18/05/2023 19:31

moshi1066 · 15/05/2023 09:29

Thanks for your reply. This is the issue, I can't get past the secretary - everyone seems to be busy. I'm wondering if I can somehow demand an audience with someone in some kind of authority?

It doesn't work like that.

It really doesn't work like that.

If you have submitted an application and completed any Supplementary Forms and provided such evidence as they need to be able to apply the admissions and any oversubscription criteria but have not received any response at all, then it would be appropriate to contact the Chair of Governors via the clerk (the contact details will be on the website).

Turning up and demanding to speak to the manager anybody will not assist you in any form.