School place allocations

My daughter was attending Shaw Cross nursery school but was denied a place at the school (somewhere her three older siblings had attended) and was placed in Carlton Junior and Infant School, where she would have been one of a miniority of white pupils. That was no issue, but the majority of children speak English as a second language when they enter the school. We decided to decline that place and appeal for Shaw Cross, which was heard in May.

I suffer from a pituitary tumour so struggle with day to day activities, but that was not looked at. We also have five children who attend two different schools locally, but now we have four children placed in three different schools, one of which is in Ossett!

However, that’s not the reason for the email. This week I had to ring school admissions on behalf of a friend as she is in a similar position.