“I am completing an application for my child to start primary school or transfer to middle or secondary school and am uncertain I will get the school of my choice. I want to be sure that I am doing everything as best I can.”

School admissions are extremely complicated. The two things we all know are:

• It is impossible for every child to get the school place their parent feels they deserve.
• Local authority officers can be reluctant to give specific advice.

However, we would advise you make the most of the advice available from the County Council, as publicised in the County’s admissions booklet (see resources). If you still have unanswered questions, then we can help in the following ways:

At initial allocation, practically the whole of Becca’s class was going to our preferred local school except for her. She started there in September thanks to the expert advice available through this site.

Jayne, mother of Rebecca (Year 7)