School admission appeal advice needed

[WiseKat]

Hi All -

Would appreciate advice about school appeal process .

My daughter (Year 2) has been refused places in all nearby schools in Sale (Greater Manchester) due to oversubscription.
We now have to go to another school more far away in Stretford and there are issues with me getting to work and traffic.

I understand that appealing successfully in year 2 is difficult as there is a legal cap on class size.

So are there more chances of success if I appeal in Year 3 as the same legal cap will not apply as in Year 2? I read that I can appeal only once against each school rejection, so does it make more sense to appeal in Year 3 as opposed to Year 2?

Would also appreciate if someone could share their successfully appeal application stories and what they considered /included in the appeal.

Many thanks in advance ,

Wow, how incredibly insulting to all of the many posters who took the time to give you careful, detailed, personalised responses

Good luck with the appeals panel when you treat them with the same entitlement and contempt you've shown here.

It sounds like there were additional medical factors in this case though, which the OP hasn’t mentioned in her case.

Like I said before - many thanks for everyone's opinions .

I moved 13 miles away from current school before Christmas, my 7 years old travel with me on very early morning (40-45 mins motorway driving during rush hour, not include traffic jam).
I am already on the 1st priority list on every schools near to our home, but unfortunately they can't get a place for me due to the legal cap issue.
One of the school said there might be child leaving soon so I hope we can get a place asap too.

Fingers crossed your issue will be resolved soon ! This is a lot of travelling for a child .

I’m hoping my comments (unnecessary to you it appears) were of help or informative for others. I’ve sat on appeal panels for many years now and have a good idea of how a case such as yours, as you’ve laid it out, will probably go. I’m now going off to sit on my hands so I no longer type anything irrelevant 😉

Travel has no bearing. They'll say pay for wrap round care.

You’re making a simple situation complicated. Either pay for breakfast club and have a quick drive before the traffic or walk/cycle/scoot on the safe and unpolluted canal path later on which will take the same time every day. What’s the problem?

Hi, i wonder if any one of you can help me with some advice about school admission appeal. I have 3 boys who are attending The London Oratory School. One is in the Junior House and the other two are in High School. We applied a place for our 4th child who is 7 years old to join the school in. As part of the admission process he was tested on his academic ability which he passed. He was also tested on music aptitude test for under 5 minutes. The school wrote to us informing that although he passed the academic ability test, he did not meet their standard for the music test. My question to you is do i stand a chance in appealing this decision. We are facing a massive logistic issue haveng one child in a different school than his 3 other brothers. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you.

Do you mean the test was less than 5 minutes long? Is that usual?

Yes the music aptitude test took around 3 minutes. Considering my son is 6 and a bit nervous he would have struggled to demonstrate what was required of him. I have three boys at the school already who are very musical and performing well in their education. He would the same if given the opportunity.

@Asmerom you should start your own thread, you will get more responses.