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Trinity/Whitgift waiting lists (y7)

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Croydonmum3 · 16/02/2021 15:07

Hi, I wonder if anyone had any experience or knowledge about waiting lists for these schools? We are on a waiting list at trinity at the moment, and we are waiting anxiously to find out if we stand a chance of getting in! I did ring the office who said there isn’t any way of knowing where you are on the list as they don’t have an official order so to speak , so just to carry on waiting. Just hoping someone who has been through the experience who might know more might be on here! I’m sure there will be movement after the 1st of March but it’s so hard to know if it’s worth hanging on if he could potentially be the bottom of the list, even if there is officially no order to the list 🤔🙁.

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Longingfornormality · 17/02/2021 12:25

@Croydonmum3, any updates? Let us know if you managed to get through to Trinity. I wonder how much (if at all) they over offered and also when it is realistic to expect to hear from them - they did ask for people to fill in a form on the open apply system to confirm whether they were still interested in a place. The deadline is Friday I think - so I assumed we wouldn’t hear before then. It seems like many people who applied to Trinity had it as a top choice, so I’m not hopeful about the prospect of a place (and also worried we can’t afford it anyway).

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Croydonmum3 · 16/02/2021 21:07

Thank you!! You are right, I will give them a ring. I just didn’t want to be that pushy parent annoying the admissions team, but there is no harm in trying. DS’s friend is on the waiting list for whitgift and is in the same position, it’s such a nerve wracking wait!

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RockaLock · 16/02/2021 20:46

I don't know that it will help, but there can surely be no harm in ringing T admissions and telling them they are your first choice, and that you would 100% accept a place if offered. It might get you a phone call ahead of someone else on the waiting list if a place comes up.

Oh, and the admissions team are probably working this week, even though it's half term.

Good luck!

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Croydonmum3 · 16/02/2021 19:59

@Longingfornormality

We’re on the waiting list for Trinity as well and I was wondering the same thing. Although actually we have a decent offer from somewhere else and may go down the state route anyway so for me it may just be a helpful way of making the decision for us. I wondered whether they contact people as places become available or whether they contact loads of people in one go on 5 March (after the acceptance deadline).
Good luck! Hopefully we will be lucky. We have another offer but really have set our hearts on trinity.
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Croydonmum3 · 16/02/2021 19:49

Ah that’s good to hear they told you your position, I will try and give them a ring next week and see if anything has changed. Thank you:)

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Longingfornormality · 16/02/2021 16:28

We’re on the waiting list for Trinity as well and I was wondering the same thing. Although actually we have a decent offer from somewhere else and may go down the state route anyway so for me it may just be a helpful way of making the decision for us. I wondered whether they contact people as places become available or whether they contact loads of people in one go on 5 March (after the acceptance deadline).

chalkyc2 · 16/02/2021 16:23

We had this last year...but they did tell us approximately where we were on the list (we were pretty high up) and phoned us several times to update. I do know someone who got offered a place from the waitlist but ultimately they couldn't offer us a place before the acceptance deadline day - by this time we had accepted another school anyway so we did not pursue any further.