Its 2018....countdown to 1st March secondary school allocations!

So what happens witg the secind and third round allocations then? My email said that I'm added to lists automatically unless I infirm them other wise so I will be removing dd from one list. And I did indeed apply for one in Herts so know I need to think on that school and make sure I remove myself from that list as soon as I get somewhere else.

When I applied for the deck d round in.primary I checked admissions tables as.to where had spaces and then applied but as I got in to a good school deck d time.around I was taken off any lists (at that point I didn't even know I was on them )

I just meant would it he worth applying for secind rounds or would it make no difference if I'm already on the list anyway and I know the school is full.

Thank u so much for the xmas warning I will certainly be sure to 're sign onto . Huge thanks

Thanks SheilaFentiman, that's interesting. I guess it was after I read the thread on exploding offers and I thought whoa.. I had no idea that kind of thing went on! Still, I guess you lose your deposit (the schools I looked at here require a deposit to even apply) if you get the state school you want.

I've just found out that Bucks usually has the furthest distance information on their website by around 2pm. So it looks like I'll hopefully know if we've got our first choice or not four hours early - giving us time to deal with the disappointment, so we can be more positive about whatever school she does have.

We get to hear by logging on at midnight on 1 March. Just double checked. What a lovely way to run a stressful process.

Shattered04, apart from a few private schools where it is first come first served with paying the deposit, the private school acceptance deadline is often 5th March so it's possible to know the state outcome before your final decision.

I have another question sorry tiggy

I know that I will be added to waiting lists automatically. But obviously people apply for second and third rounds. If soaces become available when people reject are they given to those on waiting lists first? Or those who apply in second and third rounds first?

Thanks tiggytape - that's what I thought. I seem to recall primary school information came out quite quickly in our area in the past (maybe at the same time as the offers) but this is another county, so..

Thanks Tiggy I couldn't see the logic in risking your job just to look at the raw data either.

I guess the primary heads need to know in advance so they can prepare themselves for their reactions to any "controversial" placements!

Still tempted to break in though!!

Actually, when I get the results, I would kind of like to prepare myself by having seen the "furthest admitted distance" on our first choice school first. And if that looks bad, I'll look at the second, then the third.. somehow getting the result like that feels slightly less heart-stopping as I have to do some poking about rather than just read a word in an email.

Will that distance information be released before we get the email, bearing in mind it'll probably be 6pm, and we're (just!) out of county for our first choice school in Bucks, so they may have a different timescale.

Argh! It's NEXT WEEK! Can't believe how quickly it's come around. I've been trying not to think about it too much, as I know it's totally out of my hands and nothing I can do about it at this point - but my stomach is churning now, knowing that it's a bit over 9 days till midnight on Wednesday...

Everyone- throw all dark clothing and flash lights into a pile.

We should organise a break in or something

Im.too clumsy but I'll keep watch

Barely!! The next ten days are going to crawl.. I've been anticipating this moment for the best part of six years since we decided to move to our town - I always knew this was going to be the tough bit!

In Rewn's post above, with the timeline, it says schools know February 19th. Does that mean primary schools or their new schools, I wonder? It would feel mean if the head of DD's school knew ten days before we did!

So 10 say count down.

Everyone still standing?

Tiggy I know of someone who foolishly missed the initial application deadline. They have access to the county's application system (they work in admissions but for an entirely different tier of education) so they looked up the number of applications made on time to all the schools in the local area. Now they've made a late application in the light of the numbers applying to each school. Would this inside knowledge have been of any practical use to them, as presumably they will join all the other late applicants then be ranked against the County's usual criteria. Accessing the County's info seems to be a high risk approach to take, as they would face disciplinary action if caught, If there is no tangible gain to be had from seeing the numbers involved.

No all schools do not release at the same time. We line close to a county border and the neighbouring county usually release their emails before ours. You then get FB full of people in the next town saying how they are delighted that their DC have got into our local school and you’re sat there still wondering if your DC have a place when you live 2 streets away.

Luckily our High School does give preference to siblings so it should be a given that DD gets a place. It hasn’t stopped her worrying though.

If it helps, this gives you a timeline for our LA to explain how it takes quite some time:

Tiggy as I said upthread we are moving soon. We started the process after the application deadline and it looks like we'll exchange contracts this week. We're still in the catchment area for 2 of the 3 the schools we applied for but the 3rd school only takes applications from the town we are currently living in. The county website says places will be allocated based on the address at the application deadline. School 1 is random allocation, school 2 we score high on the admissions criteria and school 3 is random allocation.

Do I need to tell admissions my new address if we exchange before 1st March?