No room at your first choice? Think hard about how to put your case, says Jon RobinsTens of thousands of anxious families are this month considering appeals against local authority decisions not to give their child a place at the school of their choice. According to the Department for Education and Skills, 85 per cent of children were given a place at their first-choice school. This means 90,000 families were not, and they now face months of uncertainty.Parents who decide to fight face an uphill struggle: less than one appeal in three is successful. ‘It can be traumatic for parents,’ says Penny Bysshe, who runs education consultancy School Guidance. ‘They don’t know what to expect and it can be horrendous.’ Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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