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Is it too soon to start a 1st March (secondary school allocation day) support thread?

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teddygirlonce · 03/02/2017 14:37

DD has six good options on her CAF - we will be happy if she gets any of those six but there are no other local schools we would be happy for her to be allocated/offered Shock - and private schooling is not an option.

So just a bit nervous and already counting down the days until we find out which school she's been allocated (if at all).

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Becks84 · 22/02/2017 15:58

One of my friends lives in London and her dd failed to secure a place at any of her six choice schools. She did multiple appeals and lost so her dd now has to get two trains and a bus to school every day. So glad we don't live there as I'd hate for my dd to have to put up with such a commute every day. We get three choices in our borough and from what it said on the website 98% of kids get one of there choices.

Anne2300 · 21/02/2017 22:06

DS keep asking when he can know his outcome again and again. He just can't wait for the big school! (Well, he's behaving like a teenager anyway.)

MrGrumpy01 · 21/02/2017 21:30

I have just checked my email and it just said I would be emailed on the 1st. I got my primary offer (last April) at 6am, so I imagine it would be a similar time for the secondary places.

Edna1969 · 21/02/2017 20:39

@JustEatYourDinner I'm going to log on too. I found out about primary allocations from online which was up before I got the email.

Edna1969 · 21/02/2017 20:32

Just had an email from Herts admissions confirming my ID and asking me to check that I can log on. So obviously have checked and can't. So new password and second time lucky. Had to check the application, fortunately all looks OK.

Also confirms that "Allocation emails will be despatched during the afternoon on 01 March 2017." So nice and unspecific then. I'm going to have a very productive afternoon, not.

SoulAccount · 21/02/2017 20:32

Becks84, is there really no public transport to your top school?
Many young people take more than one bus, train etc from Yr 7.

But well done for bringing up a resilient child who will do well and not be deterred.

Trb17 · 21/02/2017 18:17

Ours states 1st March 00:00 so I'm hoping it'll be there at midnight online and I think I'm going to stay up to check. Then wait for the email at my leisure. At least that way I can plan how to soften the blow in the morning if DD doesn't get her 1st choice. Fingers firmly crossed for the next 8 days!

JustEatYourDinner · 21/02/2017 13:38

Ugh it is so real now. We just got nawmail reminding us we need usernames and passwords and that emails will be sent in the afternoon of the first. They also mentioned it would not be available online until after all the emails sent. Not sure I believe that bit so will log on periodically thruogh the day. Nine days to go....

MumTryingHerBest · 21/02/2017 10:47

tiggytape Tue 21-Feb-17 10:34:06 Was that for primary school allocations?

It was secondary school allocations. I know a person who works in admissions and they had told me that they were being sent out in batches.

I don't know if it will be the same this year though.

tiggytape · 21/02/2017 10:36

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MumTryingHerBest · 21/02/2017 10:13

tiggytape Tue 21-Feb-17 10:04:44 Herts were told late afternoon and they seemed to arrive around 3pm last year but previous years were in batches.

They were sent in batches last year too. We got confirmation of the school place on the Sunday afternoon whilst a lot of our friends got confirmation on the Friday evening/Saturday morning.

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atheistmantis · 21/02/2017 10:05

Last time I logged in just after midnight and viewed and accepted the offer, I plan on doing the same this time. The email turned up sometime in the early hours and, as promised, I didn't open the email and let Dd do it herself Wink

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UnicornPug · 21/02/2017 09:24

Thank you, tiggytape I'm in Shropshire. If I recall, we got the Primary emails as the offices shut for the day, so I guess the Secondary ones will be the same. I'm going to be on tenterhooks all day!

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UnicornPug · 21/02/2017 09:00

Does every borough send emails at different times? Mine just says I'll get an email on March 1st. I'm not panicking, exactly, but I'm certainly anxious. I think DD stands a good chance of getting our first choice, but it's a newish school and this is the first year they are expecting to be over subscribed. It's a faith school and we have applied under faith grounds.
I was stunned to hear last week that someone else in her class had also applied for that school, but only that school. They live much further away and didn't fit the faith criteria. They just assumed that only putting one school meant they'd get it. I started to explain what would probably happen, but as they can literally do nothing about it now, I left it. There's no point in telling them the problem in their plan now. I dread to think which school she'll be allocated though.

Becks84 · 21/02/2017 08:14

Aw it is what it is. My dd is a bright happy girl so she'll do well where ever she goes. It's just hard as she was practically guaranteed a place at the other school (after her older brother was refused due to ridiculous admissions criteria) and will be saying bye to literally all f her friends from primary. She'll be ok though I know she will, and I suppose she'll have the opportunity to make more local friends x

atheistmantis · 21/02/2017 08:09

Flowers that's very tough on you all.

Becks84 · 21/02/2017 07:53

Sorry didn't explain very well. My eldest ds goes to high school across the road from our house. My dd and youngest ds go to primary school in the next catchment a few miles down the road. My dd initially wanted to go the Catholic secondary that her school is a feeder to but it would make things a bit more difficult if she went there. You see my youngest ds has Sen and is on the verge of permanent exclusion at their primary school. Come Septemebr he'll either be excluded and at another mainstream or at a specialist school. If my dd went to the catholic high school out of borough she would needs to rely on me for lifts most days and as my youngest could end up at a school anywhere it would be a nightmare potentially driving them to schools at either end of the bro tough. I'd end up with three kids in three different schools and it'd be too much. If she gets into her brother's high school then she'd be able to walk to school and back herself.

Trb17 · 21/02/2017 06:46

That's good. I'd assume you were fine then as (if it works the same as our online system) they'll update that with his offer when the day comes. Good luck.

BubbleBed · 21/02/2017 06:41

Yup, can log in with my new email and I see everything - his Kent test scores, his preferences etc.

Trb17 · 21/02/2017 06:10

When you log in now BubbleBed are you able to see your existing application? If you can see the details (pending offer of course) I would assume it was ok. If not I'd likely contact admissions just to be safe.

BubbleBed · 20/02/2017 23:17

Does anyone know if changing my email today is enough notice? BT have apparently deleted my email account (many many tears here) so I had to set up a new hotmail one. Have gone into the system and changed it and verified it, but do I need to ring admissions too? It lets me log in with my new one now....