1st March offer day - anyone else nervous?

Ok, thanks. she is so silly to get into this situation, but I still like to help if I can.

Am also eagerly (worriedly?!) awaiting our school for DS2...

BabyGanoush - I don't see how your friend could appeal. She didn't put in an application until after the deadline for no good reason. The LA will state clearly how it deals with late applications. She'll just have to go on waiting lists if she doesn't get the school she wants.

I happened to look at Hants site earlier today.
Applications made late but before 1st March are considered on 15th March.

Yes, late applications I mean.

A scatterbrained friend of mine is having a panic and asked me as DH is a teacher, but DH has no clue about application process

But mumsnet know everything

It's in Hampshire, good local comps but all oversubscribed, so she has no idea if she might be able to get in, or appeal.

No extenuating circumstances other than thinking they were going to go private but changed their mind.

BabyG what do you mean by made late offers? Do you mean made late applications (as in ones made after the deadline) or do you mean second round offers? Either way it often depends on the procedure set by the local authority. They will have a timetable outlined in their admissions brochure about how and when they deal with late applications. In Bromley for example they deal with late applications after the 'reconciliation' date when second round offers are made. Late applications without extenuating circumstances are dealt with after that date.

When are people who made late offers (after the deadline) given a place? Does anyone know?

I haven't reminded DS it's this week.... I suppose his school friends might. My well meaning but tactless friend is coming round tomorrow. I might postpone

DS is twitchy- we are baring the brunt of it all.

We've applied to schools we aren't on catchment for- only 3 choices in our LA. Just hoping to get one of them as none of us liked the catchment school.

Still stressing, can't believe that I have to wait another 55 hours and 15 minutes to find out!

Worse still, I am usually en route to pick up the kids at 5pm so I may have to pull over the car and log on to eadmissions.

Maybe I should wait until I get home with the children and DH is there for moral support? I am over thinking this!!

We are in catchment for both schools, although our first choice is always oversubscribed and the catchment seems to change each year.

User1456etc are you aware of what your chances are with first and second choice? Not wanting to worry you but I hear lots of this and it inevitably leads to a huge disappointment if schools are put down knowing the chance isn't realistic and no good backup. Going onto a waiting list for the schools doesn't necessarily give you a better chance either if lots of others who are higher up the oversubscription criteria list also do the same. I hope it all works out for you.

I'm so nervous my Dd won't get our first or second choice, they are the only two schools I am really prepared to send her. This thread has been very useful as I was going to decline any other offer made to us and thought that would take us to the top of the waiting list. Good luck to everyone.

You are very welcome harry but really hope that you don't need it!

Really nervous here. First two choices are fine...but by no means certain. Third extremely unlikely. 4th certain but one of the worst performing schools in country......argh. London here. Roll on 5pm 1 March.

hornetgirl lol, ignore my last post. I thought you had put Hertfordshire rather than Herefordshire. I really shouldn't try to do two things at once.

hornetgirl no but one of the admissions secretaries said they had phone calls from parents today so I figured something had gone on.

Are you waiting for a place in SW Herts?

I obviously didn't read this thread very well as I've just repeated what everyone else has said!

If you accept your offer (always advisable even if it is not what you really want, but you don't want to be left without a place at all) but it is not your first choice you will automatically go on the waiting list for schools higher up your preference list. Accepting the offer will not prejudice your chance of an offer from the waiting list which should be administered in order of the admissions criteria. You can also join the waiting lists of other schools not on your original application or of a lower preference if you wish although some local authorities restrict the number of waiting lists you can be on.

My understanding is that in most areas that the 'second round' is the offers that are made off the back of those that decline their offer of a place so there will often be a number of places that become available once the deadline for acceptance of places is reached. Unfortunately local authorities cannot re-offer places where parents have not responded and this can drag out this process.

I think some areas have a formal 'second round' where they do not make any offers until a certain date - I think this can be a little dubious if the local authority (or school, if they are their own admissions authority) set this date quite late and cannot be clear who was at what position on the waiting list at the times that places became available.

Last year we received an offer from the waiting list. This was at the end of March and the school (who are their own admissions authority) made approx 10 additional offers as soon as information on numbers of declined places was made available to them from the local authority. This could be seen as a sort of 'second round' but it is not formally referred to as this.

Hope that all makes sense - I think I have rambled a bit!

Anybody get this email in Herts today?

www.herefordtimes.com/news/14272749.Whoops___Council_blunder_results_in_children__offered__secondary_school_place/

Thanks Catslife. You've helped me before with some great info. I may need your help need week!

If you want to pm me I am in your area harry. In a nutshell, if you don't obtain your first preference you are sent information about waiting lists and how to appeal. If you phone Bristol LEA after you have received the allocations email they do have info about which schools in your area are undersubscribed and still have places left. If there is a school on that list (say X) that you prefer to preference 3 they can sort it out with the school that your child is offered a place at X. You can also go on the waiting lists for other schools. If you have applied to schools in neighbouring LEAs you still need to go via Bristol!
The second round is for late applicants i.e. families who move into an area after the deadline and for people on the waiting list. These people will be allocated places as they become re-available e.g. because people are moving away or going to independent schools. There isn't really a deadline date for the second round as such.

Thank you

Miffy your experience sounds stressful - all that waiting!! hope it all worked out and your child is happy and settled now.

tiggytape Thu 25-Feb-16 14:08:29 "Then they do a second and final round in around another month.

I think in my area they have two key points in which the CI lists are run and notifications are made. After the second CI run notifications are made as an when places become available rather than on fixed dates.