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It was unsuitable because it didn't meet specific requirements of one of my children who has OCD & AS. I had good letters of support from the primary school's Senco and a child psych but still lost the appeals. 'Parental choice' is a meaningless concept. It's more like 'express your preference and we'll promptly disregard it'.


The grounds given for dismissing appeals are about as meaningful as your average cut-and-pasted pupil's school report.

Very shocking that with the backing of professional testimony your appeal was turned down.


I saw a report about an academy in Hackney, Mossbourne, I think, turning down appeals by parents of children with SEN as they said they had 'too many'. I think it was successfully overtuned by parents who turned to lawyers, but I could be wrong. Was it an academy you applied to? Part of the issue was that academies have more leeway than community schools to control (aka fiddle) their intake, I think.


I found a link: http://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/1074385/mossbourne-academy-loses-legal-challenge-failure-admit-sen-pupils and here: http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2012/08/21/mossbourne-academy-loses-challenge-special-needs/ and the IPSEA coverage: http://www.ipsea.org.uk/news/hot-topics/parents-win-despite-academys-refusal-to-admit-their-statemented-children.aspx.aspx


I don't know whether this situation is relevant solely to statemented children or whether it could be relevant? Can IPSEA help you?

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