The stress and upset of allocation places for children at their preferred schools is a serious concern for parents these days and actually starts at a really young age.
It's all over the news these days, where children are heart broken that they can't attend the school of their choice, or where their friends are going.
With a two-and-a-half-year-old you wouldn't think such an issue would have entered my mind, but on the contrary, we recently applied for Georgia's nursery place at the local school in Chipperfield, and it was yesterday we heard the news. Georgia was granted a place at the nursery, and if all goes well, will start in September. But the last few days you do start to wonder, what if she doesn't get a place? Where will she go? Will I get a choice of where else she could go?
Whatever happened to your child simply attending the local school?