Secondary school

[emma1988]

Help. So my daughter goes to her dad's for a week and stays with mum for a week. Dad lives in a different county around 30mins away. We can not agree on secondary school for September. Both parents applied with different school choices so council didn't process either application. No school place has been offered. Council are suggesting if parents can't decide on 3 schools for application no school will be offered and both parents taken to court for no education. Can anyone tell me if this is true as they originally said if parents couldn't give 3 choices which were agreed the council would just place in a school with places.

Both parents have fucked up massively and let their child down, and now need to get their heads together and agree a way forward.

This.

I have suggested mediation but he has refused.

The OP is trying to sort this but the father appears to be being obstructive. Hardly the action of someone putting their child first.

Assuming your ex has PR he is entitled to a say in your daughter's education. The council is quite right not to process either application.

As offers have been made, your daughter is going to get a place at the nearest school with places available. You can name other schools on the application and appeal for them if you don't get in, but that will be stressful with no guarantee of success.

As others have said, you need to try and reach agreement with your ex. If that is not possible one of you will have to go to court for a Specific Issue Order, I'm afraid.

All I can think of is "poor little girl". All her friends have their places and she still has no idea where she is going.
I'm not blaming either parent - but collectively, what a fuck up. You don't need me to tell you to get this sorted ASAP, before the waiting list places start being allocated.
If mediation between parents is an issue, would her current headteacher be able to help knock some sense into one / both parents? As if he/ she doesn't have enough to be doing this week.