We are appealing for a primary school place and it’s a class size 30 appeal which I no normally arnt successful but I’m just wondering if anyone has any advice?
We moved into the area a month ago and so the application has been made outside of the normal timeframe, but both admissions and appeals have said if our application had been made on time (I.e if we lived here sooner) he absolutely would have got a place because we are only 0.2 miles from the school. It’s the only one in our catchment.
We haven’t been formally told why he didn’t get accepted but from speaking to the school we no it’s because there are already 30 pupils. The next nearest school is down a busy A road, that is very dangerous to cross (which you have to do to get to the school) and there are no crossings, and it is not possible to walk there, we would be relying on public transport for school. And being so close to the village school we are basing the appeal on the fact a reasonable decision maker should admit him as an excepted pupil because the other nearest schools, although 2.5 miles away are not safely accessible by public transport. Added to factors such as going to school with kids at his new nursery, he’s already been disrupted by relocation and so won’t no anyone and will struggle to make friends at the other school (semirural, so again can’t walk to safely), and going to our local school, which is the only one in our catchment will allow him to settle into the community better.
Does anyone have any tips or think we stand any chance? As we’ve not been given actual reasons for refusal it’s hard to structure the argument properly really. The whole situation is quite stressful and admissions have been difficult throughout so I’d be greatful for any help 