secondary appeals

[mrsmayitstimetogo]

I'm still struggling to work out how this works - can someone explain?

My understanding is that you are appealing FOR your chosen school, not saying the allocated school is inappropriate. But isn't there always an implied A is better than B? So for eg, I don't necessarily think that the school we want is AMAZING at science, but it's head and shoulders above the one we've been allocated. And the school we want does 2 yr KS4 (which is really important to us), but that's surely only a relevant point because our allocated school does not...

How do I present all this? And is what I submit tomorrow binding - can I finesse/add extra grounds for appeal nearer the time?

Thank you - that's really helpful. I'll think really carefully about suitability.

Can I mention things like uniform (one has, one doesn't)? What about setting (one does it, one doesn't)? What about strong pastoral care and communication w parents - these sort of points (tho v v relevant to us) don't seem specific enough. Am I needing to explain why my particular child particularly needs these things (even tho actually I think that every child needs them...)?

that's really clear, thank you so much. my goodness it's hard!