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1st March offer day - anyone else nervous?

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NynaevesSister · 22/02/2016 14:23

I am really sure we will get one of our six. But I just don't know which one. And I am now really worried I put them down in the wrong order. Our first choice had a stabbing incident after applications closed.

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clam · 01/03/2016 21:07

Re: St Clement Danes in Herts, would the expanded catchment have anything to do with the new school they're opening? There's been info on the school newsletters about it, but confess I didn't take a great deal of notice as dd is about to leave.

Mandzi34 · 01/03/2016 20:56

sadandblue1 - my friend had the same. It's rough.

byroniks · 01/03/2016 20:52

Got the 3rd choice. Does that put us automatically on the waiting list for 2nd and 1st choices?

sadandblue1 · 01/03/2016 20:51

Feeling very sad for my son who didn't get any of our realistic London choices....
Realise it's the beginning and not the end but not much consolation.
Listed 5 choices and given a local we didn't choose...v frustrating.

bibbitybobbityyhat · 01/03/2016 20:47

How very mundane (I believe the saying is).

sadandblue1 · 01/03/2016 20:47

Nice problem to have.... Spare a thought for those who didn't get ANY of their choices

SolidGoldBrass · 01/03/2016 20:45

Whew, first choice! Had been sweating a bit over it because DS didn't get through the entrance exams for the next borough (which had two nice grammars) or the independent (probably couldn't have afforded to send him though grandparents had been muttering about putting money aside for school fees since he was a toddler). I let him sit the entrance exam for the nice local high that allots 20% of places on academic ability and he obviously performed OK as he has a place - we are not that close to this school and the one closest to us is a church school and an absolute horror.

Mandzi34 · 01/03/2016 20:44

We got third choice. Who and how soon can we call to find out where we are on the waiting list for second choice?

forkhandles4candles · 01/03/2016 20:34

2nd choice, in London. Think it is good. Will stay on waiting list for number 1

IceCreamTuesday · 01/03/2016 19:16

Thanks Tiggy. It takes 165 a year. Lots of good schools, it's in a big city, however it is the only Catholic girls-only school for miles around, so I think people who apply there really want the place.

hillbilly · 01/03/2016 19:14

1st choice here. West London totally oversubscribed academy with places offered on distance within bands. DD says she fluffed the banding test so maybe that did her a favour! Very relieved. Good luck everyone else!

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Maggie3socks · 01/03/2016 19:02

I'm in London and still haven't had the email but the result was online - and thankfully was what we wanted.

Good luck to those of you who are appealing your place, I'm shocked by some of the posts on here about children failing to get anything at all.

IceCreamTuesday · 01/03/2016 18:53

My neice got 2nd choice. She is 12th on the waiting list at 1st choice school, which is Catholic. They are not Catholics but older sister got straight in 2 years. Anyone with experience of waiting lists - does 12th sound hopeful - or not.....

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RJsMa · 01/03/2016 18:42

Thanks again Tiggytape! Who do I ask about refusal criteria? the schools (as I request waiting list position) or council. All the schools we put are not council run.

I'll be emailing all schools for waiting list position tonight and follow up with a call. Is it worthwhile to sell DS in the email at all. i.e. tons of sports and drama achievements and excellent school reports. Or is it still a numbers/criteria game?

there are no siblings so it will be a distance and religious criteria fail. Also as DS was in a prep and not in any feeder schools to the church ones on our list he would have lost out there too even though church schools are relatively near and we go to church weekly and are active members.

The school given allocated is very near to us but so so poor academically so in any appeal we would loose the distance argument.

So with no siblings and distance not a factor what else could I grasp onto.

We've been at it for ever 11+, tutors, assessments, scholarship assessments I really thought it was over. Sad

congrats everyone with positive news Smile

Ladymuck · 01/03/2016 18:35

The press release doesn't say - it is a bit thin on detail. Same proportion as last year (6%) not getting one of their 6 places.

meditrina · 01/03/2016 18:34

They're saying approx 5,000 in London did not get any of their 6 (and within that number will be those who got no offer today at all).

Number receiving first preference in London is pretty much the same (69%)

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Camembertie · 01/03/2016 18:25

Got first choice, woohoo. Lucky as faith school and we are practising, real mixed bag from DS' classmates, all have a place but not high preference ones

tiggytape · 01/03/2016 18:23

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meditrina · 01/03/2016 18:21

Sorry, got a bit ahead of myself there!

Any word on how many of the 5000 no offer at all?

tiggytape · 01/03/2016 18:20

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