Waiting lists advice please!

[Idonthaveenoughtime]

Does anybody know exactly how this works?

I got my first choice of primary school, however since I applied the school has slipped down the league tables, the wonderful headteacher has left and the only one of my daughters nursery friends attending that school has now moved away! I really regret not putting down the school attached to my daughters nursery as first choice now, because I thought the other factors outweighed the availability of after school care.

Can I put my daughters name down for the other school waiting list even though I got my (at the time) first choice?

And If I put her down on the waiting list for that school do I automatically lose the place at the school originally offered to us if we do get offered a place from the waiting list? Or do we have to formally accept first?

Thanks!

[mummytime]

Yes you can put her name on the waiting lit for the other school.

No putting her name down on any waiting lists will not forfeit her school place.

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

And you will keep the place that you've currently got until such time as you formally turn it down, to accept the other offer (if it materialises).