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primary school appeal admissions

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FrameyMcFrame · 15/04/2013 19:15

Hi we just found out today that DS has got the 4th choice school. Reasons for not wanting this place are that DDs middle school is in the opposite direction so they will be at schools 2 miles apart.
Also all of his friends from preschool will be going to a mix of the other 3 schools.
We are under a mile away from all three but just out judging by the data from last years admissions. The school we have been offered is not good.
I want to appeal but I'm not sure on what grounds :(

Also does this relaxation of the law have any bearing on admissions?

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FrameyMcFrame · 15/04/2013 19:16

I feel its not fair as we live quite far away from any schools...

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SquirrelNuts · 15/04/2013 19:23

Sorry ive got no advice for you, just sympathy as im in the same position as you
The article you found is very interesting, thank you for that!!

LIZS · 15/04/2013 19:25

Don't think your logistics would be enough grounds, nor is the allocated school being "not good".

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FrameyMcFrame · 15/04/2013 19:26

Yes, I hope it might mean they can't just turn people away on class size.

I'm going to try to appeal, but so far I can't evren get to speak to anyone on the phone from my LEA and I've been trying all day.

Are you going to try and appeal Squirrel?

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FrameyMcFrame · 15/04/2013 19:28

Oh ok, cross post there.

I see tiggy, thanks for your post

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FrameyMcFrame · 15/04/2013 19:30

Just out of interest, how would I know if they had made a mistake on our application?
Can I ask for the data?

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tiggytape · 15/04/2013 19:32

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FrameyMcFrame · 15/04/2013 19:32

Our LEA website also states that we can't even ask what place our child is on a waiting list because they won't tell us...

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SquirrelNuts · 15/04/2013 19:44

yes i will try and appeal but wont be getting my hopes up.
I asked for the admission distance and how many people also didnt get in and i was given this information.
Good luck!

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FrameyMcFrame · 15/04/2013 20:45

Good luck Squirrel.

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LivingThings · 16/04/2013 14:28

Same here. I live on the county line and didnt get in to the two closest schools which i was out of catchment for
. Now faced with a five mile drive to another town. Luckily the school is actually fine - just too far away.

jellysmum77 · 16/04/2013 17:46

Hi
I was very interested reading this thread as we have today been offered our second choice school and have been advised by pupil services to appeal and join the waiting list.
Our circumstances are that we lived in the catchment for this school, my daughter attended and we still own our house there. We moved to another authority last year but it hasn't worked out so we will be moving back to the same house in August and the head has already told us that our daughter will have her place back. We were told when we applied that we should apply through the authority we live in now and explain the circumstances i.e. by Sept we will be in zone and my son will have a sibling at the school. Today we have been told that that as we lived in this area when we applied then the other circumstances were not taken into account. The school we want already has 30 in reception.
Do you think we have any basis for appeal?

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jellysmum77 · 16/04/2013 19:16

Thanks for your advice.
We have just read through admissions arrangements again and the school policy for the school we are applying for is that they have a sibling in attendance at the start date. We have also read through appeals document again and basically it also says that we have grounds if the school's policy has not been followed (which clearly states - sibling attending at start date).
Well looks like we will be asking tenants to leave and moving back in the next couple of weeks then to get this process started quicker!

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jellysmum77 · 16/04/2013 19:58

Well we have emails between us and the head teacher? (dated 22 and 26th November, stating that she would be allocated her place back)
I understand that they can not just act on us saying we will live there etc or everyone would do it, what has made me more annoyed it that we did tell the council this and they told us that we should put it into the additional information and that was all we needed to do. If we had known this was not the case we would have moved back sooner!
Thank you that has been helpful.

jellysmum77 · 16/04/2013 20:00

We also spoke to the council about the place for our Daughter but it is not able to officially go through them until May.

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jellysmum77 · 16/04/2013 20:14

Thank you. In the mean time we will be moving back asap in order to remain high on the waiting list!

Chocovore · 16/04/2013 20:31

Slighty different Tiggy, but I wonder if you can advise please? My son is in Y2 and they have just allowed another child to join, bringing the class size to 31. I am told it is because the family has a military connection. Does that allow an exception to the class size rules then? There is another school just down the road which is undersubscribed in that year so I am unsure why we are having to take another child and go up to 31. Thanks.

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admission · 16/04/2013 22:12

The answer is that under the infant class size regs, the families of service personnel are considered as excepted pupils if it is not at a normal point of entry, in other words in-year. However that does not mean they will automatically get a place, they should still have to appeal and get offered a place.
Could it be that there is a sibling in the school or possibly that they have a statement of special needs?

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