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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

just moved and waiting for council to allocate schools for my 10 and 12 yr old ....im wondering if anyone done this and can give some advice

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

"just moved and waiting for council to allocate schools for my 10 and 12 yr old ....im wondering if anyone done this and can give some advice "

Have a look at this hope it helps.

http://www.fabswingers.com/forum/lounge/150494

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

i want them in school but been told it can take anything up to 3 weeks ...looking for advice from anyone who has done this or any teachers about websites and resources i could use

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

Did you not contact them before you moved? Or look into school before you decided to move?

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By *atureFem4FunWoman
over a year ago

Petts Wood

"Did you not contact them before you moved? Or look into school before you decided to move?"

This......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"just moved and waiting for council to allocate schools for my 10 and 12 yr old ....im wondering if anyone done this and can give some advice "

My brothers move regularly and always check out the local schools to make sure they want to move to that area first. Did you not check out the area especially in Bradford as some schools are not the best?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Im not over keen on home schooling as i think kids need interaction and not segregation

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Google will guide you.. There are very likely to be homeschooling communities in your area so your children won't be completely isolated by any means. Homeschooling sites ought to provide materials, and I believe if you register as a homeschooler, you recieve materials such as books at a discounted rate. Good luck!!

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

I home educated one of my daughters from year 8 onwards. She's currently studying for a degree in History and also holds down a good job. I made sure she had plenty of interaction with other kids (cadets etc)so socialising was never a problem.

An excellent source of advice is the home schooling group, 'Education Otherwise' - google it

PM me if you want any more info.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

are you intending to do it for three weeks or as an alternative. If only for three weeks it might be an idea to find out what's on the curriculum for those weeks.

I had no idea that it took that long to get kids into school.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

got offered the house just as schools broke up ...contact the schools directly that i have looked into ...to be informed that all admissions are now done through the council....filled in.forms and sent off ...phoned council regularly through the holidays to be informed on friday ...that it will now take about 15 school days for them to do an transfer....the only admissions a school does now are admissions to a nursery

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I certainly wasn't questioning you about the way you've done this. The fact that you're concerned enough over the there week delay to consider home schooling shows that you are interested in your childrens education and none of us know why you've moved. I hope you can get this sorted quickly if you deliberately kept your kids out of school there would be hell to pay but it seems the authorities can do it quite legally.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Wasn't it previously the case that if you lived in a certain street you went to a certain school?

No 'placement requests' or 'demands for transport' or 'I don't like the colour of the uniform' nonsense.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Wasn't it previously the case that if you lived in a certain street you went to a certain school?

No 'placement requests' or 'demands for transport' or 'I don't like the colour of the uniform' nonsense."

It was but now we have choice apparently. For most people there is no choice in reality but it makes the authorities look good and that is what really counts.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

"Wasn't it previously the case that if you lived in a certain street you went to a certain school?

No 'placement requests' or 'demands for transport' or 'I don't like the colour of the uniform' nonsense.

It was but now we have choice apparently. For most people there is no choice in reality but it makes the authorities look good and that is what really counts."

I rather thought there might be Hobson's Choice in this matter but, if that's the case, why is there such a faff about allocating places?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

that was the case at one stage ...so was been able to apply to school directly which i tried ....its now all down to the local authority to deal with admissions now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My advice is get some Valium, it will do your head in!!!

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

I appreciate advice is the last thing you want but, were it me, I'd take the weans to the nearest school at 8.45am tomorrow, leave them outside the head teacher's room, go shopping and switch my 'phone off.

The local authority will soon sort them out.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Wasn't it previously the case that if you lived in a certain street you went to a certain school?

No 'placement requests' or 'demands for transport' or 'I don't like the colour of the uniform' nonsense.

It was but now we have choice apparently. For most people there is no choice in reality but it makes the authorities look good and that is what really counts.

I rather thought there might be Hobson's Choice in this matter but, if that's the case, why is there such a faff about allocating places?"

I expect there are "procedures". As I said can you imagine if the op was deliberately keeping her kids away, she would have the authorities down on her like a ton of bricks.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

done first day ....went easier than i thought it would ....still looking forward to getting them in school though

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"done first day ....went easier than i thought it would ....still looking forward to getting them in school though "

Good on you! Hope it continues to work out ok

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I appreciate advice is the last thing you want but, were it me, I'd take the weans to the nearest school at 8.45am tomorrow, leave them outside the head teacher's room, go shopping and switch my 'phone off.

The local authority will soon sort them out."

I imagine a social services visit would also be sorted out if you dumped your children in that way.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"done first day ....went easier than i thought it would ....still looking forward to getting them in school though "

Well done Foxi , good luck with everything

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By *opping_candyWoman
over a year ago

West Yorkshire

My one bit of advice would just be to have a sort of timetable of when will be work time and when will be free time, so they don't just feel like they are 'off school'.

Good luck

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

It's not parental choice - it's parental preference, which the local educational authority (the local council) need not take a blind bit of notice of.

BBc Bitesize might be quite a useful resource.

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By *opping_candyWoman
over a year ago

West Yorkshire

Oh and using sites like BBC Bitesize to go over some of the things they did last year will help, they might not be learning anything new but you can consolidate what they already know at least.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The local authority will soon sort them out."

Good plan. As unauthorised trespassers in a school, a PCSO/school liaison officer will be called and they'll want 'a word' with you after they have picked your kids up and you have to go to the police station to collect them. It'll be a great day's education for them.

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By *oudnproudWoman
over a year ago

penrith

I also moved during the holidays. After spending weeks on phone to education, laat Monday I walked up to the village school, told them id just moved here and my son needed a school to go to.. there reply no problem pop back tuesday and we will sort it..

3pm monday my phone rings its the head teacher to say come to school thursday 8:55 fill in the forms then and he can start of he comes in school uniform.

So much quicker than going through education xx

Hope you get it sorted soon xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You need to complain about this to the council and to your local councillor, possibly your MP too.

The local authority has a duty to provide an education, and parents can be prosecuted for not ensuring children get a suitable education.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The local authority will soon sort them out."

That behaviour would result in school making an immediate referral to the local childrens social work and referral team i.e SOCIAL SERVICES!

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

There seem to be a number of fearties around here.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When I moved I went into a few local school till I found one who had places and within a week they called me up giving me a start date, I didn't even go to the council, try contacting schools directly

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

tried contacting local school directly and they said its now their policy for council to do admissions xx

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By *opping_candyWoman
over a year ago

West Yorkshire

"tried contacting local school directly and they said its now their policy for council to do admissions xx"

It's the same in Calderdale (we're virtually neighbours

) the schools can't do anything. I was dropping my kids off at breakfast club yesterday and saw a family come in with a small boy wearing uniform for that school, and clutching a letter saying they hadn't been allocated to that school! All they can do is send them down to the council offices to appeal.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

seriously hitting head against brick wall ...council had forms since beg of school holidays and just phoned them to be told its taken 15 school days to do an In-term transfer ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not sure about council staff, but our admin staff aren't paid during the hols so they fon't come in. Nothing gets done on that front, it's all sorted in july

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"seriously hitting head against brick wall ...council had forms since beg of school holidays and just phoned them to be told its taken 15 school days to do an In-term transfer ..."

I wonder of you contacted your MP for help of anything could be moved along. I have no idea what's involved in allocating a school place but as I said before if you took your kids out of school you'd be in trouble and possibly fined.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

5 more days to go .....as much as i love my children ....i really need them in school and to have some ME time .... waiting for postman to bring me the letter saying they got a place in a school !!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

4 days to go ....so i thought i phone council ...for them to tell me that the children aint on their systems but they receive forms ....but app no work gets done on the applications until they are on the system !!!!!

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Contact your MP this is unacceptable. Escalate it through the system. It must feel like you're banging your head.against a walk.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

get more sense talking to a brick wall ....at least it dont talk crap back to you

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Seriously fed up .....had education welfare officers on my door ....amazing to say i moved address and app my children not been on the system according to council yesterday...also amazing since school has lost all the info i gave them on change of address ...so something doesnt ring true to me !!!!!

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

This is a nightmare for you. Someone hadn't done something they should have I guess, I bet now the EWO has been round things will get moving.

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

found it

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Finally after whole 6 weeks holiday and whole of september ....one child start new school on wednesday and other we have admissions meeting in morning so should know when she starts ....im now looking forward to some me time !!!!!

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