Not able to go to school the town we live in.

[Kellunga]

Hi everyone I am new.

We have just been informed that our little boy can't go to school in the town in which we live, Shoreham-By-Sea. I chose 3 schools, my first choice being the one we can see from our house and he didn't get ANY! He was allocated a school in the next village to which we would have to drive in the opposite direction from work. I am appealing, but have actually chosen to move because it's made me sooooo angry.

K

wow! nightmare

wow! nightmare

Did you stand any chan of getting into the chosen schools based on the criteria? Many people appeal but most fail.

I don't know, the whole thing is odd, I think maybe my form was stuck in the postal strike??

Are you in the catchment area of any of the schools you applied for? The fact you can see one from your house doesn't necessarily mean you are in the catchment area. If you are in the catchment area for any of the schools, it is odd that you failed to get in. I would start asking questions in case a mistake has been made.

Yes which school are you in catchment for? If it is one of the ones you applied for, you surely should have got a place (and certainly have good grounds for appeal).

you poor thing

don't get why you wouldn't be in the catchment for a school you can see out of your window
makes no sense

What was the criteria for the schools you applied for?

Some LEA's have catchment areas, some it's on distance as the crow flies. Usually siblings who will be attending when newest one starts have priority over catchment/distance.

Were any of them faith schools?

Compo - Catchment areas don't have to be circular. It is not at all uncommon for a parent to find that they are not in the catchment area for their nearest school.

CarGirl - Shoreham on Sea schools work on catchment areas with the straight line distance being used as a tie breaker where necessary.

As PRH says it is strange that you did not get a place at a school that you can see and is presumably your catchment school. But is it a faith school with its own set of admission criteria?
You need to establish from the Local Authority exactly why you did not get any schools that you had expressed a preference for and one answer may well be if your application was late.
I would ensure that you are on the waiting list for all three of your preferences and that you appeal for all three. They may well be infant class size reg cases, in which case you will only have a slim chance of getting a place unless the local authority in some way made a mistake with your applications.

Well, the oddest thing happened Friday, I received a letter saying he has got the school which was our first choice - NO idea what happened there, didn't have to go to appeal??

Odd, so pleased.

Kelly

Sounds like they made a mistake somewhere along the line, or others rejected their place so he got offered it?