Hi there,
First time posting, have just joined for some advise
We are moving to a new area at the end of feb. My daughter is currently in year one and as we don't drive, I have two preschoolers and I'm pregnant getting the bus to our current school is going to be tough! (I realise that doesn't matter as far as admissions are concerned).
We will be living right across the road from a school and I have just had a letter of refusal from them as they currently have 30 children in year one. I have been advised to appeal this as one of the children is taught out of year at the moment, meaning there are only 29 children in the actual class, it is also rumoured that he may not return next year, but that was just gossip and also I'm not sure what the situation is or why he doesn't attend the school.
Everything I've been reading is that there's basically no point appealing when it comes to infant class size and our situation doesn't seem to fit any of the exceptions to this. I wondered if there's anyone experienced in this who could give me their opinion/advise?
The letter of refusal has a section to send back to say I would like her to remain on the waiting list till the end of term. Presumably this means I would need to reapply for year 2 come September? Would I be better off doing this than going through a potentially hopeless appeal? When they say you can only appeal once per year is that school year or calendar year? When would I apply for year two?
On a separate issue, I did my younger child's admissions form for reception sept 2013 back in November and we decided to go ahead with this move 10 days after the cut off to change it! As I understand it I need to wait till I receive my tenancy agreement for the new house (25th feb) and send it to the admissions people. From there I'm not sure what to expect, any advice/experience? If I could just get one of them through the door I know I'd have a better chance with the other!
The school we want has an admissions criteria of 0.8 mile radius and we are less than 0.4!
Would really appreciate any feedback on my situation with either child, even if its just to give up and get a bus pass!
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Twilly84 · 26/01/2013 14:49
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