I don't have a reception place for September - HELP!

[flootshoot]

I've posted in chat but was advised to try here.

DS is 5 in Feb. We had planned to move from Brighton to Staines for months; at one point it looked like it wasn't going to happen and as such DS has a school
Place in Brighton. Surrey would not let me apply until I had proof of address in Staines which was fair enough. In the end our move happened quite suddenly about ten days ago. I've applied to Surrey but I've now been informed that he may not get allocated a school place at all for Sept. I do know what to do other than keep on at them.

Another Mnetter suggested approaching the neighbouring counties (Bucks/Berks) but I don't know if I am allowed to do that?

Any advice would be very much appreciated!

[RustyBear]

DS is now 25 so this was between 14 and 7 years ago.

But I wasn't really thinking about the actual admissions procedure in my first post to flootshoot, but stuff like queries about term dates, absence policies etc - also information about admissions criteria for different schools in RBWM will be found on their website, not Surrey's - which flootshoot may need to check as lots of the RBWM schools put catchment above siblings, which may be an issue for flootshoot's DD later on.

[RandomMess]

Surrey used to be a 3 tier system hence having had lots of infant and junior schools rather than primary ones. Was something they did to cope with the huge baby boom!

[flootshoot]

No I got what you meant rustybear. I'm aware any official stuff needs to go through Surrey but RBWM will be the first port of call for relevant info. I've been having a nosey at the website.