SofiaCerano wrote:
Hi, I put a freedom of information request through to wirral borough council after this years allocations. A link to it is on the ‘Wirral schools oversubscribed’ thread. Both WG and Upton were oversubscribed, with around 30/35 girls in each school not offered places. My daughter in is year 7 at Upton and on induction evening the head stated that they weren’t able to take any girls on appeal because they had already taken an extra 5 girls due to oversubscription. On the bright side, west kirby grammar was undersubscribed. Good luck to your daughter, it’s a worrying time.
If the Independent Appeal Panel had directed the school to take one or more further pupils, then the school would have had no option but to comply. However, the fact that they were already at PAN plus 5 would have strengthened the school's case not to be able to admit any more.