We want to move DD1 and DD2 to a school just around the corner. DD1 is Statemented.. help!

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Have decided to move dd1 and dd2, but leave Ds1 at their current school as he is in yr5, and only has a year and a bit left there. Anyway have been on the phone to the admission officer and the SN advicor, and they said that the new school will have 15 days to say whether they can take Dd1, from today, when the sn advicor will send all her paperwork to them. Does this mean that Dd1 could be moved very fast? I went to the school itself the other day and was told that they are full up.

or could they say they can't take her?

anyone?

anyone?

anyone about? lol

I think Statemented kids have to be top of the list in terms of Admissions Policies - but if the school is full then it's full. It means that if a place comes up, your DD will get it before anone else, regardless of siblings or catchement or all teh other usual rules, but I don't think they can make a place for her if there isn't one, IYSWIM. Maybe the 15 days thing is for them to work out whether or not they're full? Seems a bit odd, though.

The admissions officer has emailed me and said that they can't take Dd2 as Year 1 is full, but didn;t say anything about Year 3, just that the SN team is getting in contact with the school. I

sorry meant to say 'I am confused'

I'm confused too () but that does sound like they do have a Yr3 place, the SN team are busy getting their acts together and yes, there could be a quick move.

But as I said, I'm confused.

This school only opened in sept, but we didn't want to move them from their current school then, but when I thought about it I don't want to do the 15 minute drive every day for the next 5 years. So am moving them now.
If Dd1 gets into the school, will Dd2 be in a good postion for a place in the future? Sibling and Catchment rule both apply. Its about 2 minutes walk from my house.

There are different rules for Year 1 and Year 3. In Key Stage One, they cannot break the maximum of 30 children per class, whereas that number can sometimes be exceeded for Key Stage Two, particularly if the child is statemented. So even if the school is 'full' it may be able to take your DD but not your DS2.

They can't refuse to take your DD because of her special needs (that's the law). It may take a little time to sort things for her - they may need to find an appropriate person to support her if that is what her statement involves - interviewing can take time to arrange, but you need the right person.

Do you have mainstream stipulated on her Statement? Or is provision an 'issue' - ie, does her statement say that her needs would be better served in a specialist mainstream or in a specially resourced school?

lol, Ds2 is only 6 months old, he isn't at school yet Its DD2. lol

she has 10 hours support a week, and mainstream school is on her statement. She also recieves extra hours that the current school supply