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The Grammar school have picked up on this and one of the reason to decline her appeal
It sounds to me as if the school have studied the appellant's case and are seeking to rebut it in advance of the hearing.
Not a very nice thing to do, because the appellant has had no opportunity to rebut the school's case in the same way (not having seen it at the time the appeal was submitted).
Most admission authorities would simply (a) state that the child hadn't qualified, and (b) explain how the admission of an extra pupil would cause prejudice.
On the plus side, Angelar is forewarned as to what their line of attack is likely to be!
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Did the school notice that she was upset?
Sometimes, in this sort of situation, I used to hear a panel member ask "
Did you tell your primary school at the time what had happened, so that they would understand if there were any signs of distress?"
The answer more often than not was "
No."
Sometimes, in answer to "
Did the school notice that she was upset?", parents would say "
Ah, but she's the sort of child who tends to keep her feelings to herself."
This might have been true, but did nothing to strengthen the case.
It's usually not too difficult to establish whether a particular event occurred.
Assessing the impact on the child is much harder, not least because different children react in different ways.
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