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Child refused school place

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 01:04

Hi,

My child has been refused primary school first choice place, yet your next door neighbour has been given a place? Does anyone think this has rights to appeal?

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myrtleWilson · 21/04/2018 01:55

Does cat 2 need practice within parish? I'm assuming it does?

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 01:56

Yes but you need to also live within the parish catchment. We are one road out of this catchment even though I practice in the church

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 01:59

The school have told me we are on the waiting list, so if we are that 1 refused from criteria 4, we should be top of the list? Unless someone submits a late application and comes into a higher criteria

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 01:59

Should I of received a letter explaining why we were refused by now? Or are you meant to request one?

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myrtleWilson · 21/04/2018 02:00

Is that what it explicitly says on admissions criteria? Where would criteria put a child living in parish with certificate but no sibling? Or is your shorthand sibling or live and practice in parish?

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:03

Yes it says baptised catholics with cert of practice who are a resident in the church parish.

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:04

Child living in parish with no sibling would be criteria 3 as above

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:06

Do you think my only hope is to hold out on the waiting list?

My partner and I have refused our offer, however the council are putting pressure on us to accept.

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:07

Refused the school offer we received

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:10

We also have to wait until the 3rd May to officially find out our place on the waiting list.

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myrtleWilson · 21/04/2018 02:13

Don't refuse the offer you've been given unless you can go private or home-ed. If you refuse the LA will have discharged their duty to you so not obliged to find another place.

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:18

If we accept, does this affect our chances of getting our 1st choice? The reason we don’t want to accept as the school we have been given is a non-faith school

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:20

Do you think it is also worth appealing? Or just hoping a space becomes available on waiting list

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myrtleWilson · 21/04/2018 02:22

It has no impact on your chances of appealing your preferred choice or attaining a place through waiting list. It does give your child a school place should either other option fail.

jennymac31 · 21/04/2018 02:23

Accepting the offer won't affect your chances of getting your first choice so unless you plan to go private or home-Ed I would accept the place offered.

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:27

Ok thank you!
Should I of received a letter of refusal by now? Or is that something I need to request from the school?

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:29

If I were to appeal do you have any tips as to what should be included in an appeal

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:43

I have just seen on the council website it says distance of last place offered(tiebreaker) which works out as the distance from the parish to the person in a complete comes under different borough who was offered a place?

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applesandpears56 · 21/04/2018 02:46

Accept your place elsewhere - you can still move!
You’ll probably get a place on the waiting list
I can’t see how you could appeal? You live too far away to get an offer on first round. You should be near the top of the waiting list.

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:46

So does that mean it could of potentially been between my child and theirs?

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:47

Live too far even though my next door neighbours child was offered a place?

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applesandpears56 · 21/04/2018 02:52

Yes your neighbour obviously lives closer
Distance is irrelevant as it obviously includes cat 2 children
You were always taking a risk applying to a school where you didn’t live in the parish
Why didn’t you put down other faith schools as your other 5 options if this was the main thing you wanted for your child?

I wouldn’t worry too much though - it sounds as tho you are very likely to get a place off the waiting list as you’ll likely be the top

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Truelylittle · 21/04/2018 02:52

It is meant to be a straight line distance from the school parish to home address, my friend who is further from the parish than me was offered a place?

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applesandpears56 · 21/04/2018 02:53

She doesn’t have sibling at school?
She doesn’t have a special needs or similar reason?

applesandpears56 · 21/04/2018 02:54

It’s straight line from the school office to your house
Not straight line from the edge of the parish