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Admissions Yr 7

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SQ196 · 04/03/2020 10:04

I’m devastated my daughter hasn’t been offered a place at her preferred school, has sibling link Yr 10, attends feeder school, walking distance, SENCO visited her twice in yr 5 happy they can meet her needs but school outside catchment. I’m preparing for an appeal and have evidence of her SEN since 2015. Paediatric Consultants, Speech Language Therapists, IEP and SENCO. Detailed assessments with reports. ASD, Difficulty with Social Interaction officially diagnosed. School are applying for EHCP with my consent, recommenced by medics too. All her class have been offered places at school. I provided evidence with application but school said they’re unable to assess at selection. I’m worried and first time experiencing anxiety attacks when discussing current position, I won’t be able to argue my case although her school have offered to attend appeal with me. What else can you suggest? PLS.

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AlissKezamMoivit · 04/03/2020 18:27

They publish the details for how admissions were allocated by noon on allocations day in our LA which is why I assumed the figures on the website I found were the most recent.

OP - when you were offered your place were you not given a detailed breakdown of how places were offered for your higher choice preferences that you weren't offered? This happens automatically in our LA but each LA has its own procedures.

Go to your local authority's website /search-for-a-school and tick the secondary box to see a list of schools - scroll down to find the right school and you can see the distances offered and number of places for previous years. This page should be updated with 2020 info soon. That's where I got the info about bulge classes in the last 2 years.

Same website but /education/school-admissions/schools-information will give you the determined admission arrangements for each school - however, the published details are different from what you have posted above. Is it possible that you have been working from an old version of the admission arrangements which were in force when your older DC applied?

The published categories on this website are:

Looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after

became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order.

Children who appear [to the admission authority of the school] to have been in state care outside of England

and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

Children who attend a linked primary phase school and live in the catchment area on the closing date for

applications, and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending (school name) in
years 7-11.

Children who attend a linked primary phase school and live in the catchment area on the closing date for

applications.

Children who live in the catchment area on the closing date for applications and who, at the time of

admission, will have a brother or sister attending (school name) in years 7-11.

Other children who live in the catchment area on the closing date for applications.
Children who live outside the catchment area and attend a linked primary phase school on the closing date

for applications and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending (school name) in
years 7-11.

Children who live outside the catchment area and attend a linked primary phase school on the closing date

for applications.

Children who live in the outside the catchment area and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or

sister attending (school name) in years 7-11.
10. Other children.

Aren't you actually in category 7, not category 4, unless you can get the ECHP sorted?

I will PM you the link, anyway. I may have made a mistake so don't rely on my word.