No offer from preferred primary schools

[jandcsmum]

Can anybody please help,

we found out on friday that our son did not get offered a place at any of his 3 preferred schools. What makes it even harder to swallow is our neighbour's daughter did get her first choice (which is the same as our first choice)- admittedly they are 3 doors closer to the school than us.

We, understand that the line has to be drawn somewhere. We also understand that an appeal is probably pointless.

Who do we chase re a waiting/reserve list. Is it the school or admissions?

Does anybody have any advice?

Thanks

The fact that they've made a mistake on the nearest school with places available is worrying but doesn't necessarily mean they've got it wrong when looking at your preferred schools. If they have made a mistake they probably won't want to admit it. It might be worth finding out how far they think you are from your preferred school and make sure they've got that right.