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1st on the waiting list!

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breward · 26/08/2013 19:12

My DS has been first on the waiting list for a Grammar school since June. People have mentioned that he might get a place on the first day of term if a child does not turn up.

Does this really happen?

Do you know of children who have got a waiting list place in September?

(Luckily our allocated school is fantastic, it's just some distance away.)

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MrsBartlet · 26/08/2013 19:45

Definitely don't label until after 2nd Sept as that is when the school will find out if they have any no-shows!

Which school is it you are waiting for, breward? I am sure I remember your name from the Essex 11+ thread.

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breward · 26/08/2013 19:39

We have bought a uniform, but the outfitter is aware £206 worth of uniform might be returned! When do I label it all... 2nd Sept?!!

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MrsBartlet · 26/08/2013 19:34

Yes - ds is going into Y8 at a grammar and someone who should have been in his class didn't turn up on the first day. They obviously didn't want the place and didn't tell the school. 2 weeks after the start of term a new boy joined them after having already started at another secondary. I felt so sorry for the boy and his family who will have bough the whole uniform/pe kit etc for the other school and the poor boy had to start at two different secondaries within 2 weeks. It is unbelievably thoughtless of people not to bother to let the school know they are not going to take up the place.

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