Bromley waiting list

She was offered a place at Bullers this afternoon.

Bullers has a better rep than Chislehurst Girls. Fingers crossed for you! I think you'll get a spot.
My daughter got in on a waiting list place at Bullers. We were 16th.

I was really responding to the person who replied to you to say their son was having guitar lessons. I.e. this is no biggie as all Bromley schools offer music tuition :)

I emailed first thing yesterday and we're 6th place for Bullers Wood Girls.

I'm hoping that's quite likely to get a place.
62nd for chislehurst girls (forgetting that one)

Hi @mugboat thank you, yes at present my son attends classes at school via BYMT. I was checking if any schools in Bromley focuses more on music compared to other schools...

Hi @SydneyCarton thanks, but this for Bullers Boys not sure if it remains same...

all Bromley schools have instrument lessons that you can pay for separately via BYMT. My children are all learning instruments at their respective schools.

Don’t know of anyone actively trying to get into Bishop! Out of, maybe…. We were 6th for Bullers Girls at the start of the waiting list process and got an offer by May half term, having initially been offered Bishop. We were 80-something for Langley Girls and got nowhere, similar with Chislehurst. I would think position 6 for Bullers at the moment has a very good chance of an offer.

@Elim81 thanks for the feedback

Not heard good things about Ravenswood but Bullers is good all round as far as I know and for music, I'm sure people have different experiences. I know Ravensbourne does guitar lessons.

Hi @Elim81 I thought so...
We are on position 6 for Bullers and position 4 for Ravens Wood.

DS prefers Langley where most of his friends will be going.

DS is into music (Guitar), do you know which among Hayes, Bullers and Ravens Wood suits him ?

No sorry I'm thinking of Bullers not Bishops lol

Oh that's a shame. It's such a good school, we was trying to get in there last year but was really hard,a few of my sons friends are doing great there.

Hi @Elim81

Thanks, we got offered at Bishop Justus which we declined.

I would say you have a chance with Hayes but they rarely have people turn down places and Harris you are very far down the list. Where did you get offered?

I would say you have a chance with Hayes. Where did you get offered?

Hi

We are on the waiting list number : 47 for Langley boys and 15 for Hayes any chance of getting a place ?

We initially got none of our preferred schools - we put down four Bromley non-selectives and 2 out of borough selectives as we appealed DD's 11+ result. The appeal failed so we were down to a list of four, got none, got offered the nearest school with available places which was a definite No, Never In A Million Years!

Initially we then applied for and were offered a private school place, which would have been a stretch financially, but we stayed on the waiting lists for all four schools and got an offer from one in the May half-term having been 6 on the wait list after the first round of offers. Places do move quickly - my daughter's friend was in the same situation as us and was about 30 on the waiting list for the same school and was offered a place at the October half-term, but declined to take it up as she was already happy at another school.

You can stay on the waiting lists until 31 December.

Keep us updated on offer day, ill keep my fingers crossed for you. 🤞

Too late now, we are waiting for offer day on Mar 2nd. However, as they are mainly grammars out of borough, I'm not hopeful of getting a place in the first instance but would happily accept any of the 6 over the summer. However, if we're unsuccessful and remain waiting it's helpful to know we may be presented with a list to pick from whilst continuing to wait on something we feel is more suitable.

Thanks for sharing your experience and I'm so pleased it all worked out for you. Gives me more hope than I started out with 😁.

Hi.
so I rejected the offer and 2 weeks later they sent me a list of all schools with spaces which was not anywhere I would send him so replied saying that I didn't want any of them and would wait, within 2 hours I had a offer of out first choice and he is loving it. I would look about and put another choice down though as back up, I had 2/3 which I would have accepted.

Wondering how you got on in the end having declined your only option at the time. We've only applied for one Bromley school and are unlikely to get it due to distance but we didn't like the local options. I fear if we do not get any of our selective school options we are likely to get our closest school, which I'm adamant we will not accept.

I'm also curious whether any parents that failed to get their choices ended up looking outside their previous 6 choices. I.e., I really don't want our local school. If we get offered, I would consider schools within the borough that are closer, just not the closest 2. Is the process of getting onto alternative waiting lists different?

Yay! Fantastic news @Anxy10 so glad for you.

That’s brilliant I’m so happy for you! And in time for the transition day on the 1st too ! Xxx

Phew! We have just been offered a place. Very happy and extremely relieved!! Thanks all for your positive and reassuring words. They have really helped with my worry levels over the last couple of weeks x