Hello!
My child has just been rejected from our first choice school however having read into it we are unsure how they have justified accepting others and not us.
we have chosen within catchment and aside from a small village church school it is our closest school.
I know of two other people in our area who have applied to the school, one accepted and one rejected.
we live 2.3 miles from the school, the person accepted lives 2.8 miles from the school, has no siblings/ additional learning needs or anything other than being in catchment that could support the application.
having read up on how they choose, it states clearly that the last applicant was chosen based on the shortest safest walking distance from the school. The applicant mentioned above either has to walk along a 60mph road that has no footpath (therefore not safe) or walk an extra half an hour (a route that takes them past where we live) to get to the school, meaning we live a shorter safer walking distance from said school.
so, my question is, can I raise this in our appeal? Or can I outwardly question their decision??
as you can tell we are devastated because the school is beautiful and my LO has been part of it since joining their charity run nursery on site at the age of 2.
TIA xx