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Sally-Anne
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Post by Sally-Anne »

Well done John - it sounds as though you have all the ducks lined up in neat rows.

This is one of those very rare appeals where extra-curricular activities are:
a) relevant, and
b) very likely to help win the day.

Good luck - let us know how it goes.

Sally-Anne
Alex
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Post by Alex »

My advice would be not to overdo it!
Please take note of this very sound advice from Etienne. Concentrate on the positive reasons for wanting your preferred school. Do not in general terms attempt to criticise your alternative school. It is likely to lose you sympathy rather than gain it - your allocated school gets high results and good reports and is generally well regarded; and you must remember that the same panel that hears your case may well be hearing or have heard cases in areas where the alternative school has been in special measures and has very poor exam results. Unless you have some very specific social reason, such as your child or another member of your family having been bullied or harmed by a child at that school, I would be inclined to steer clear of comment on social aspects, particularly if they are opinion rather than solid fact.

You have some good, solid, positive reasons for your preference. Emphasise these.
Alex
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Post by Alex »

How does this affect places? Presumably the closer to September that your appeal takes place the more likely they are to not have places and be less inclined to grant appeals?
In the normal admissions round all appeals for a particular school are generally held in a block and no decisions about which places are awarded are made until the end. Sometimes the first part of the appeal for an oversubscribed school (where the school must prove that it is full and that to take extra pupil(s) will cause prejudice to those already there) is heard for everybody at the same time, to save masses of people going through the same process time and time again. Then following the hearing of all the appeals, decisions are made. Thus nobody is disadvantaged by the timing of their appeal.
JOHN M

Post by JOHN M »

THANKS FOR THAT PIECE OF INFO ALEX.WE ARE JUST HOPING THAT WHAT SALLY-ANNE HAS SAID BECOMES FACT!!

REGARDS.
Alex
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Post by Alex »


just heard from the horses mouth- lincolnshire appeals are not likely to be heard before the first week in june and may even drag on to the beginning of july.
Latest I have heard for Bourne appeals is a bit earlier - possibly week beginning 21 May, but not confirmed yet.
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