Does being a young carer help in a Year 7 school appeal?

[busySunflower]

Does being a young carer adds any advantage in secondry school appeal process ? for year 7 entry ?

Given that the information is collected in the school census and published by the government, it clearly is public information. The fact that some schools may fail to report the figure or report an incorrect figure does not alter that. And I struggle to see how revealing the number of children who are young carers would allow them to be identified without additional information, any more than revealing the number of children on FSM allows them to be identified (also public information).

Sadly our second appeal which involved panel probing us the sensitive information of YC numbers also got dismissed they only added sympthesied the child being young carer and failed to understand the offered school doesnt have any such provision.

we are sure for complaining about it, any suggestion is appriciated.

Did you give any reasons why you feel that ppl carer support is necessary?

You're misunderstanding me. The number is redacted if it is low enough that individuals could be identified - for FSM as well as Young Carers. Otherwise, for example, a published entry saying there are, say two children receiving FSM (or are YC) for St Munchkin Primary, Borsetshire would mean that anybody in the village could say 'Ah, that's the Grundy kids, that father of theirs must be fiddling the dole to qualify' or 'Young Carer? That's got to be the Archer's kid, unless Grundy's also pulling a fast one about that as well, means he's claiming disability benefits, the workshy layabout'.

The OP didn't even know about the statistics site until the information about the site was volunteered - so where exactly did they get the information prior to that?

yes YC support with in school is the only one that reaches them

I’m sorry that you haven’t had the outcome that you wish for. You have done your best for both of your children and you can’t ask more of yourself than that. Unfortunately the Bucks grammar schools are very oversubscribed and they can’t offer places to all those that wish to attend them in neighbouring areas, no matter how worthy the case is. We live in Bucks and the competition for places is high. I’m nervous for my child (entry 2028, if he passes) and we live well within catchment. I hope your son does well in his allocated school, best of luck.

Independent Appeal Pannel's responsibility is to weight the prejudice to the child which we clearly articulated.

It is their responsibility and they will have done that but they will also have to look at the strength of all the other appeals and make a decision as to who has the strongest case and how many can the school take. You might think your case is strong but you won’t know what other appeals have been heard and their strength. If I was on your panel I would wonder why your child needed that support specifically in school as opposed to getting it outside of school. I know from experience that young carers are very much impacted by their role but I would still want to be assured how imperative it is to get this support in school. Why is it your child needs that provision in school?