Reception place advice!

[Kemet]

Hi

I have a 8 year old in a school that i'm very pleased with!

I have 3 year old twins who are at the same school in nursery and they are due to start reception in September 2019.

I moved via social housing due to being overcrowded 4 years ago as I also have a older daughter.

We are no longer in the catchment area of my 8 year old's school for the twins and they never got a place due to sibling priority rules in my borough changing to if you have a sibling in the school and you have moved you have to live within 0.75 miles to get a place.

I will not be taking my 8 year old out of the school as she has been there since she was 3 at nursery and is really happy, achieving well and comfortable there.

The school they have gotten into is ok, but no where as good as 8 year old's school.

We are overcrowded again and looking to move hopefully near 8 year old's school or another borough, via social housing.

I'm a single mum and getting 3 children to 2 different schools at the same start time is not something I'm looking forward too!

Would I have any grounds to appeal and what advice can anyone give me, that may help my situation?

Thank you in advance

The first thing you need to determine is whether it is an infant class size appeal (are children taught in 30 per class in years r, 1or 2).

If so, then you would need to prove an error had been made that cost you a place, or that the decision not to give a place was so unreasonable a normal person would not have made it. These are very very hard to win and nothing you have said suggests a mistake was made, assuming you are happy they used your correct address.

If it is not ICS then you need to show that the detriment to your child of not attending is greater than the detriment to the school of admitting another pupil. This is also usually a high bar, and would need you to show strong reasons that this school meets their specific needs. Just being a sibling/transport arrangements won't be adequate.

@PatriciaHolm, thank you for your response.

I don't think that I have any grounds to appeal on.

I will just allow the children to attend the school they got into and try and move back to the area my 8 year old attends school!