Church Primary School Admissions
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 5:38 pm
Hope it is okay to ask about primary admissions here? I am enquiring for a friend who has been unsuccessful in gaining a reception class place for her son. We both live near to our local church primary school (in Herts)and attend the local church. We both got the vicar to sign our 'reference' forms at the same time and my daughter was successful and got her place in reception but my friend's son was not. It seemed strange when families who lived much further away were successful?
Today my friend found out that it was because on the church reference form when asked how long they had been attending church they had ticked 1-2 years and they needed to have been attending 2years+. They have actually been attending for more than two years and they did not tick this box it was the vicar who did this and they didn't notice. As they can prove they have been attending for longer than two years it is worth appealing? Or will the panel just say it was an error on their form which they should have noticed? Should/Can they get the form changed now to move them higher up the continuing interest list? They don't actually have a copy of this form can they ask the school to provide one so that they can check the school is correct?
They are quite despondant and unsure about appealing and I just wondered if it worth their while?
Any advice appreciated.
Today my friend found out that it was because on the church reference form when asked how long they had been attending church they had ticked 1-2 years and they needed to have been attending 2years+. They have actually been attending for more than two years and they did not tick this box it was the vicar who did this and they didn't notice. As they can prove they have been attending for longer than two years it is worth appealing? Or will the panel just say it was an error on their form which they should have noticed? Should/Can they get the form changed now to move them higher up the continuing interest list? They don't actually have a copy of this form can they ask the school to provide one so that they can check the school is correct?
They are quite despondant and unsure about appealing and I just wondered if it worth their while?
Any advice appreciated.