SamUK

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We recently moved to loughton, and liked a local primary school 0.8 miles away. The school is really nice, and so are the teachers / head teacher, and other pupils.

My Son attended pre-school at the school and is due to start full time in September as he is now 4 years old.

My wife currently walks our son to school with our 2 year old daughter. She is also pregnant expecting our 3rd child.

We submitted the application forums and he got rejected for his first, and second choices and was given his third.

3rd school is 1.5 miles from home, and there is no way my wife will be able to walk to school with 3 children daily.

We want to appeal, however unsure what the process is. We have been told my son is 3rd on the waiting list..?the head teacher has said appeal is a key stage one apeal and will only be looked into if they have made an error and we will need to prove this??

I have checked the recent ofsted report of the 3rd choice and it introduction to the school is the number of students with emotional or behavioural issues is above average.

Any thoughts?

mamoon2

Local Authority School board might be a better bet than here

jods

Burn the 3rd school down
























Not really though

Jamo

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My Father used to deal with appeals for schools. I will ask him and forward you what he says.

HTH

Midlife......

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http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/...ool/DG_4016309

Does this help ?

Shaun

Jamo

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your pm box is full, my dad says you can ring him about it pm me and ile foward you his number.

alcazar

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My wife says to accept third, but make it clear you will appeal.

Otherwise, if the appeal fails, you could end up with fourth, fifth etc place.

She also says that if the school has said they can only change if they have made a mistake, you are on a loser.

Headteacher of 15 years experience.

SamUK

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Thanks guy, jammi I will call tomorrow.

I think the 3rd place is accepted automatically..as we only have rejection forums - I will need to check this with my wife.

Alcazar - headteacher was really nice, she said something along the lines your appeal will only be accepted if there was a fault with the application forum or the part that decides has made a mistake.

The headteacher did not know why he dis not get the place as he is in Pre-school there already..and that people from further then us got a place ( though this maybe as a brother / sister may already be there)

SamUK

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Excuse the typos! I'm using my iPhone!

The Zohan

Contact the local LEA and write to them explaining your circumstances.

pimmo2000

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That's really decent of him .. defo worth a call

Jamo

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he was on the appeals board for 15 years, so Im guessing he knows what to do and what not to do.

SamUK

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Well, today my son moved from 3rd place in the waiting list to 4th!

We are on a distance waiting list (only 0.5 miles from the school), however there is another waiting list that take more priority.

A new family has moved in that has a sibling in the school however this is not measured on distance!

The appeal date is this Thursday, and it’s not looking very good!

Bristol98

This is exactly why when ours were starting school the first, second and third choice were all the same! Don't give them the opportunity to not let you have first choice. There were so many trying to attend our local Primary that were using grandparents addresses it was unreal.....

SamUK

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thats common, but how do you prove that they do not live at the address

Jamo

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did you talk to my dad again?

SamUK

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yep i did i think yesterday, it was odd because he asked me to find out what happnes if a new persone moves into the area..and befroe i had the chance i found out someone had and they were given priority..

CREWJ

My niece applied for school before she turned 1 and she's been accepted. It pays to sort these things out early. I hope you sort it out.

SamUK

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applied before she turned 1? i did not think you could do that?

CREWJ

Yeah it's the same school the whole family has gone to so we applied when she was born. None of the family are there now but we know all the teachers.

The Zohan

We where not allowed to apply for state schools until the year of them starting school. Jan/Feb i thinks with the new school year beginning in September.

write to the LEA clearly explaining your situation Sam, good luck

SamUK

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thanks all for the info..

can you plz check with your dad as i am not able to use the phone when at work..

Should i dress up for the appeal? shirt and trousers?

Do they give a decision there and then?

Thanks again.

SamUK

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Thanks..will write to them at the end of week..

TinyTim

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Yeah, it's the same now as we've just done it. Unless it's deifferent in some areas or just a pre-agreement with the school.

Jamo

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yes dress smart, and they will ring you in the afternoon

Good luck

Hysteria1983

I applied when my son was about two. When I enquirer about his start date for nursery (pre school) after his third birthday they told me he didn't have a file at the school because he wasn't three and they don't start a file until they can actually attend.

Anyway, it makes no difference how soon you apply for a place, they all have to go through the same channels anyway.

CREWJ

Well that's how it works in Wales.

SamUK

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i think the channels are in order of

children with special needs
siblings already attending
distance
other

i am also pretty sure we were told to wait till a certain time as we did want to apply when he started pre-scholl but it was not possible..Essex county!

I spoke to the school admisions yesterday, they again sent out letters to all parents that got a place to ask to accept or reject there places..as no one has bothered replying..all replies will be looked into today.

if still parents failed to reply, they will be getting a call to confimr or reject there places..

Dingdongler

Sam, out of interest which schools are they?