I posted back in April about our situation and wanted to give an update to make sure I have done everything I should/could have done. This is the story so far:
- 27th April - found out our DS had been offered no reception place. Were informed we would hear more by 8th June
- 8th June - no letter so rang Admissions (letters were sent out late and it di arrive a day later) - still no place and they "anticipate" a place will be offered at the end of June
In the meantime:
- We are on the waiting lists for all 5 local schools
- The 3 closest schools, we are 12th, 13th & 13th - so no chance of getting a place from the waiting list
- We have put in an appeal for these 3 schools (we don't meet faith criteria on other 2). Appeals had to be in by 29th May. We are appealing on the grounds that the LA have acted "unreasonably" by not offering any school place (this will all fall apart once we are offered something however)
- I rang appeals last week - we have 3 appeal dates for mid-late July. We still don't have this in writing.
- We have explored the private school route in order to get some control back
- We did a FOI and found out there were 8 others in our area in the same situation. I have heard along the grapevine that 2 have since been offered a place
- I have used contracts to dig some more and they are unaware of any schools in our area taking "bulge" classes. I did ask this in a FOI and was told that because it was still in negotiation with schools & governors they weren't able to provide this information at the time.
I ring Admissions regularly to see if there is any movement on the waiting lists......hardly any since end of April.
Is there something else that can be done or is it a case of waiting for the "letter"? It has obviously been a very stressful few months.
Any advice appreciated.....