School Admissions Error

[Ursula85]

Please help. I put my address on my daughter's high school application, not thinking, and I should have put her father's address. I emailed them in October with a response from one of the advisor's who said put the address he lives most so I asked for them to put it as his - he is in the catchment area - I am not. I didn't get a response and I naively never chased it up.
The worst has happened. They have refused admission for my daughter, the only person in her whole school year who didn't get in to the school. I have tried to call the admissions and they wont talk to me - they have asked me to send an email which I have done but they have not responded as of yet.
I don't know where to turn. I will appeal. My daughter has special anxiety and now she will need to get on a school bus to school from her dad's whereas if she had gone to the other school I would have dropped her off. I am thinking to go down this route of appeal along with I am 100% certain if it had been his address then she would be in. I don't know if anybody has any experience of this and what I can do? Do I need to add the evidence before the appeal deadline or can I add it later on?
My daughter has cried every day since.

I agree. Accept the place that you have. Get your ex to speak to the school about waiting list and have to hand the Dr/CB information to send to them to ensure she is high up the waiting list. That should be sufficient.

Then get the evidence together including that you asked and take it from there

Which address does her current school hold? That would also prove this isn't a fraudulent application.

Ursula85, have a thorough read of the school's admissions policy - it should tell you exactly what evidence is needed in these circumstances. If it doesn't, look for it in the local authority's secondary admissions brochure.

Did you submit your application online? If so, I’m puzzled why you emailed the admissions team, as it’s usually possible (up to a certain date) to go online to update information on the form. I wonder whether that’s what the advisor meant when they told you to put the address where your child spends most time.

A lot is therefore going to depend on exactly what the adviser said. Go back to the LEA, say that you were expecting them to update the address and ask them to confirm why (it seems) they didn’t.

If the LEA won’t accept that they made an error, and won’t put it right, you’ll have to take it to appeal. The panel will then have to decide whether the LEA is at fault here. They’ll also be able to consider any other reasons why you consider your child should be admitted to the school, but ease of travel doesn’t usually carry any weight.