We have submitted an appeal (but without any details as yet as we were waiting for information) as we have not got either our 1st or 2nd choice schools (currently offered 4th preference - an hour journey on 2 buses, we were originally offered 6th preference).
We have been 9th on the waiting list for the 1st school (catchment school) for a couple of weeks but when I rang last week they said we were now 76th. Eventually I got an email from them have copied and pasted below:
Examination of our admission system’s audit trail indicates that the catchment status was removed from the application on...
The change in status was as a result of human error and steps have been put in place to ensure this error is not repeated
The catchment status has been reinstated and your son has returned to his correct position on the waiting list.
If any disadvantage had been caused as a result of the error, the Local Authority have a statutory duty to correct the mistake and take action to ensure no disadvantage remains
In this case I could find no evidence of any disadvantage caused as a result of the error; your son has not missed an opportunity to be offered of a place at School. Children who currently hold offers at School all fulfil more of the determined oversubscription criteria than your son, further confirming that no disadvantage has been caused.
Following this I rang yesterday to find out where we are currently and apparently now the status of "child of teacher at school" has been removed from our 2nd choice school and we have gone from being 2nd on this list to 147th.
I am obviously fed up of the mistakes and have no way of knowing whether we have missed out on a place (the second query is apparently being investigated now but we wont hear anything until next week.)
Just wondering if anyone has any advice? We are now going to appeal but I have lost all faith in the waiting list system :(
PS sorry this is so long!