Kingsdale waiting list

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sara75 · 05/03/2019 16:23

Hello everyone, my daughter is 59th on waiting list for our first choice, Kingsdale, on the Banding list and 83rd on the scholarship waiting list. How likely do you think she is in getting a place? They apparently had 3000 applications this year and their intake is advertised on the website as 240...

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HotpotLawyer · 05/03/2019 21:22

Since Kingsdale admits by lottery within the various bands and categories, they shouldn’t actually have a numbered waiting list. They should do a new random draw every time a place becomes available.

This is set down in tne Schools Admission Code, I think, and us a statutory requirement for all schools that run lottery places.

And yet every year I hear of people gradually moving up one waiting list.

This could be seem to disadvantage you as you are a big number down.

I wonder if this could be the basis of an appeal?

maz99 · 05/03/2019 19:54

My DD was mid 30s on both the banding and sports scholarship waiting lists 3 years ago.

My DD had a half sports scholarship, and we received an a place 2-3 weeks after offer day.

I didn’t know the had dropped their admission number that low... I do know that they went approximately 40 over the stated PAN for my DD’s year, so there may be some hope.

Also, based on what my DD told me, there were DCs still joining the school all the way in to January the following year.

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sara75 · 05/03/2019 19:43

We got a half music scholarship

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Natalia175 · 05/03/2019 18:42

Hi sara 75. I applied to them as well, but it was my second choice and I got another offer, but I am very suprised with such a long scholarship waitlist. Is it after receiving a letter from them in October about full scholarship or half scholarship? Numbers just look very high. Sorry do not know more about it I am afraid

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