Wondering how this works and hoping some of the admissions bods can advise- I actually used to work in this field years ago but in a different county and I’ve never come across this before.
Our county doesn’t hold in-year waiting lists. So if you apply in year and the year group is full, you will be declined and given the right to appeal. You win or lose at appeal and that’s the end of it; you’re admitted or not.
But I’m confused as to how this can be fair. If child A loses at appeal on 1st October, say, and child B happens to leave a week later, then child C applies; presumably child C would get the place regardless of any criteria; because child A’s parents would never even know the space had come up.
Surely it can’t be that luck of the draw? In both authorities I’ve worked in; the LA maintained waiting lists till Christmas each year and then passed them over to the schools to manage for in years... but the lists still existed.