Patricia, we did not consult with the Head, but the local authority SEN team knew about our strong preference and reasons therefore and were meant to be in contact with the Admissions team on our behalf.
Our EHCP is not 100 percent final nor is the preferred school named in the latest draft. I need to chase up our plan co-ordinator in the SEN team. She was meant to be helping with school's admissions and guide us with the next steps in the process. We have been told that DD's resource placing is going before a panel, but don't know when. All very frustrating and confusing - I think I need to also maybe phone the borough admissions team, as well as preferred school tomorrow.
From the looks of it, does not look as if my appeals case is that strong. I can list reasons, but some of them will be more subjective than objective which won't help.
There are so many new builds going up in our area - lots of 2 bedrooms housing families. It's ludicrous that you can't get a distance placing for a school 500m away (2nd choice). 1st choice was 650m away - easiest to get to though.
Not enough schools being built, not enough childcare for babies (trying to find this currently as due back at work), & definitely not enough resource unit places (70 across our entire borough!).
Maybe it's a sign we need to move outside of London.