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Reception place withdrawn after accepted

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tippietoppy2 · 16/08/2017 16:09

Peeps can you help? Reception place was offered, accepted, then after some time withdrawn. Letter says it’s because we had a temporary address used solely or mainly to obtain a school place (?!) Not true, house move had nothing to do with schools (FYI still living in the same Borough). There was no consultation by Council, just withdrawal letter. Anything can be done? Admissions Code says place can be withdrawn where it is established that the offer was obtained through a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application. Does the temporary address assertion fall within “fraudulent” or “intentionally misleading”? Has the Admissions Code been correctly applied to our situation? It’s a full class of 30, so infant class size restrictions apply.

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Dina1234 · 20/08/2017 13:22

Appeal it.

viques · 21/08/2017 18:08

The OP deserves to have the place taken away for using the word "peeps".

I have standards.

coriliavijvaad · 21/08/2017 18:32

I don't think the op is coming back

LilyDisney · 22/08/2017 10:33

Well.....this is weird.

Why isn't she back I wonder?

Glad to hear that if she was pulling a fast one, it was noted by the council and place given to a child who actually does live nearby.

coriliavijvaad · 22/08/2017 18:34

Shall we all try that again. I think the script went wrong. It was supposed to go:

OP: Peeps can you help? Reception place was offered, accepted, then after some time withdrawn, because we had a temporary address used solely or mainly to obtain a school place.

Peeps: omg hun that is like so unfair. You totally deserve that place. Your child is so special that normal rules to allocate places fairly should not apply to your family. Well done for engineering a situation that made it appear you had a bona-fide reason to have a different address.

Other peep: I have pm'd you the address of a shit-hot lawyer who is skilled at getting the law ignored when you want.

Initial peeps: Yay for shit-hot lawyers! Yay for OP. You go girl!

(If op actually has a reason for not returning to this thread like being struck down with norovirus, and has answers to all the above questions which demonstrate this post to be an unfair reflection of the situation then of course my apologies will be unreserved)

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