..My son will start secondary school next year. We did the rounds of visiting schools earlier this year, and cos apparently there is a choice now, put our top 4 preferred schools on the application form.
These top 4 schools were also the 4 closest schools,, not including the school his primary school feeds into. We didn't put that one, because my son has had two years of bullying, and the child responsible is going to that school and has older siblings there.
Then, earlier this year we got a letter telling us we didn't get ANY of our choices, and allocating us the worst, failing school in our town. It would have been a 3 bus journey, setting off at 6.20am. It has a 30% pass rate at 5 c grade gcses, is in the middle of well known crack and drug dens, had a stabbing over the road last year... and is generally a NO NO.
So we started the appeals process for three of the schools that rejected our application. This entailed us going to 3 x quango panel meetings to hear the school defend its decision, and 3 x quango panel meetings to put our case forward.
I was heading out to one such meeting today.
Just had a call from the council... we did put a sneaky application in last week to a good school in the neighbouring county (with a fab reputation, and one of my son's friends is going there).... and they have just rang to confirm he's got a place.
Am so releived... this was making me feel physically sick... am soooo happy!!!
Am all done up with nowhere to go now though!
These top 4 schools were also the 4 closest schools,, not including the school his primary school feeds into. We didn't put that one, because my son has had two years of bullying, and the child responsible is going to that school and has older siblings there.
Then, earlier this year we got a letter telling us we didn't get ANY of our choices, and allocating us the worst, failing school in our town. It would have been a 3 bus journey, setting off at 6.20am. It has a 30% pass rate at 5 c grade gcses, is in the middle of well known crack and drug dens, had a stabbing over the road last year... and is generally a NO NO.
So we started the appeals process for three of the schools that rejected our application. This entailed us going to 3 x quango panel meetings to hear the school defend its decision, and 3 x quango panel meetings to put our case forward.
I was heading out to one such meeting today.
Just had a call from the council... we did put a sneaky application in last week to a good school in the neighbouring county (with a fab reputation, and one of my son's friends is going there).... and they have just rang to confirm he's got a place.
Am so releived... this was making me feel physically sick... am soooo happy!!!
Am all done up with nowhere to go now though!
yaaay
imagine the fun you could have 
