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school placements - siblings already attending v living distance
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Have you phoned the school admissions team? They can talk you through the criteria. The number should be on your local council's website.Mum of several with a twisted sense of humour and a laundry obsession
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The trouble is that even if you knew for certain now that DD would get a place if she was old enough, she's not ready to enter the school yet. Whatever happens in the next few years could completely change the picture.
You have my deepest sympathy for your infant's idea of "morning" on a Saturday!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Just to add - a nearby authority to me has completely abolished the notion of "catchment areas". Their criteria are:
1. "looked after" children
2. medical
3. siblings
4. distance to school - measured by their surveyors "as the crow flies".
One small, popular school has all their children living within a 200m. radius. They even have to weight the sibling relationship, as sometimes there are no places left.
OP: I did wonder if you could transfer all the children, but not sure whether your parents could make the trip to your home easily.
I have to say that I am, broadly speaking, a fan of children going to their local school. You make friends that can help with child care; they make friends that they can walk to, and share local activities with; they can begin to walk to school so much more easily.
However, of course, local & family factors have to be taken into account.0
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