Because you started the thread about EW in the sandpit...

You're lucky there's a sibling preference policy at all.

Any decent school back in the UK now attracts more applicants than the number of places available, and if 'Thicky Ricky' gets in just because his older brother 'Clevor Trever' goes there, other parents whose kids might have got in on merit threaten to burn down the Town Hall.......

(well, one of them did in Kent a few years ago )

but there is sibling policy in the uk...for sure in the school my kids would have gone to if we hadn't moved here...sibling priority is second, after whether you go to church or not...and presumably if you're a sibling, you do go to church so it's a double whammy...

MM, xx

You're lucky then.......... in Kent they still have grammar schools (very impressive ones, which are not surprisingly in high demand), and they operate a 'best come, first served' policy. They still use the 11-plus as an entrance exam.

Plenty of parents are faced with the 'one but not the other' dilemma.

my friend had one son in DC and one in JC here, another one has one in Repton and one in Wellington.

How do they manage the school run?
Must be an absolute pain in the arse, seriously considering home schooling now!

My sister and I always went to separate schools. In one case they were 200 miles apart.

My mother coped.

husbands help and they use the school bus

Try using the school bus like most kids here.

My older son is 6, has only been in the country for about 5 months & is not the most confident little boy in the world, so might skip on that one right now!

I know ONE person out of all my friends who uses the school bus and that is down to logistics.

wise move!! have you tried Regent School that is where my daughter is (age 6) and loves it

Thanks BC, will have a look at it.

LH, most kids don't use the school bus. I wouldn't put my kids on a school bus in Dubai if they paid me. Most western expat primary school aged children are driven to school by their parents or a driver.

I'd give the school bus a miss too.

How many classes are there in the reception year? Surely all can't be taken up by siblings. Why say siblings have priority and then only give a percentage of the places to them? Doesn't make sense.

I'm thinking there must be some mistake.

Good luck, school runs are a pain in the arse when its just one school you have to go to!

Thanks MM, hoping that it has been a mistake, i think they have about 6 reception classes, so find it a bit hard to believe myself that a sibling place can't be found in one of those & to be honest i don't even think that all of those classes are at full capacity.