We're moving house and my dd, who is 5, can't get a place in the local catchment primary, nor in the next nearest school either. All full. The local authority are willing to provide a taxi for her to a school 4 miles away, using a police-checked taxi-driver and agency. I hate the idea of her travelling alone in a taxi with a taxi driver. Even if the driver is police-checked, it will still be incredibly intimidating for her, and I'm shocked that in the days when it is not even legal to leave your child with a friend, unless they're a qualified childminder etc, that this does not contravene any child protection law? Anyone out there who might be able to offer any guidance as i'm taking the whole thing to an appeal in September. I also think that 4 miles is an unreasonable distance to travel - it takes half an hour in rush hour city traffic - and she also gets car sick.