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Advice for appealing a secondary school transfer for anxiety and bullying

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1eturner · 14/07/2026 22:36

Please be gentle with me this is my first time posting,I have recently gone through an appeal hearing for an in year transfer for my 12 year old daughter, unfortunately this was unsuccessful but because September is the new academic year I can appeal again, which means another hearing,whilst I won’t add all the details I will just outline why I want to move her to a different school.
she suffers with diagnosed school based anxiety which she is under the GP for, to add to this she has been bullied, her attendance is currently 76%, as her anxiety manifests as panic attacks, nausea and vomiting insomnia she is currently unable to eat at school due everything that has been going on, she has had some sessions with reflexions mental health team, she sees the school doctor and the school nurse regularly, for the past four weeks she has been on a reduced timetable where she sits in a separate classroom for PE and drama as these are the lessons where all the bullies are in a group together, she has an individual support plan in place, unfortunately non of this has made any difference to the anxiety for this reason I want to give her a fresh start at a new school, my appeal was rejected as the school is full, I wanted her to go to the new school as she has an established friend group there for support and they have an excellent pastoral department that works closely with children who suffer with symptoms like my daughters, please can anyone who has been successful in securing a place through an appeal hearing offer any advice as to how I could go about the new hearing, I’m feeling desperate, she is currently missing vital education and I’m worried about her mental health and wellbeing.
Thank you

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1eturner · Yesterday 18:54

littletoowarm · Yesterday 14:42

"it has an award winning pastoral department"

... and therefore will be a magnet for people looking for exactly what you are looking for, including many exceptional circumstance applications and appeals very similar to yours. I'm not saying its a hopeless cause, only that the barrier is probably higher than you think. Nobody can give you a magic bullet for shooting through the barrier - your case needs to stand on its own merits.

Do mention your job and its impact on your circumstances, but only in the context of your child and her circumstances. Panel members are humans, and all have different responses to the appeals they hear, so there is no magic formula.

Yes I understand what you are saying and I’m not looking for a magic formula, I’m well aware that there are many people in the same situation as me, if not worse, all I was asking for was a little advice from people who had been through similar experiences

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