D- Day 1st March (Ermystead)
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arsenal_no1_fan;
We are pretty much a mirror image of your situation. We are just under 10 miles away in a straight line (11.5 by road) in the Lancs Education authority, and are after a place at the Girls School. My daughter passed along with 87 other girls, with 112 places available she should be guaranteed a place, but with appeals you can't be sure until that letter arrives on March 1st! I'm just taking solace in the fact that they have never allowed anywhere near 24 appeals, but then how often has the number of children passing been so low
Hermanmunster;
Have you considered becoming private landlords? I'll rent your house if DD gets into Skipton Girls! I can't find anywhere in Skipton that accepts Housing Benefit Tenants. Probably because they only pay £100 per week. But I do have very good references. We've been with the same landlords since Jan 1999 and though we have moved, we stayed with them, just to a bigger property they owned.
We are pretty much a mirror image of your situation. We are just under 10 miles away in a straight line (11.5 by road) in the Lancs Education authority, and are after a place at the Girls School. My daughter passed along with 87 other girls, with 112 places available she should be guaranteed a place, but with appeals you can't be sure until that letter arrives on March 1st! I'm just taking solace in the fact that they have never allowed anywhere near 24 appeals, but then how often has the number of children passing been so low
Hermanmunster;
Have you considered becoming private landlords? I'll rent your house if DD gets into Skipton Girls! I can't find anywhere in Skipton that accepts Housing Benefit Tenants. Probably because they only pay £100 per week. But I do have very good references. We've been with the same landlords since Jan 1999 and though we have moved, we stayed with them, just to a bigger property they owned.
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Nathair,
Fingers and everything else crossed for 1st March!
As you say we can but hope that the number of allowed appeals doesn't knock out those of us who live that bit further away. I know it's going to be really disappointng and disheartenig for DS to think he passed but lived in the wrong place.
I will post on here as soon as we know anything.
Mitasol,
As a Midlander I have to say that after 13 years of living in Yorkshire, I am not convinced!! But then agin if their education authorities come to the right decision - I may revise my opinon. lol!
Fingers and everything else crossed for 1st March!
As you say we can but hope that the number of allowed appeals doesn't knock out those of us who live that bit further away. I know it's going to be really disappointng and disheartenig for DS to think he passed but lived in the wrong place.
I will post on here as soon as we know anything.
Mitasol,
As a Midlander I have to say that after 13 years of living in Yorkshire, I am not convinced!! But then agin if their education authorities come to the right decision - I may revise my opinon. lol!
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Hi
Just wanted to let everyone know that DS brought a letter home from school today. He has been allocated Ermysted which means months of waiting and worrying are now over.
Would like to thank hermanmunster and others for their words of encouragement and support.
Good luck anyone who is still waiting to hear.
Mitasol - Yorkshire is beginning to grow on me a little bit more!! lol
Now need to work out travel arrangements etc.
Just wanted to let everyone know that DS brought a letter home from school today. He has been allocated Ermysted which means months of waiting and worrying are now over.
Would like to thank hermanmunster and others for their words of encouragement and support.
Good luck anyone who is still waiting to hear.
Mitasol - Yorkshire is beginning to grow on me a little bit more!! lol
Now need to work out travel arrangements etc.