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Bromley waiting list

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Thebromleymum · 12/03/2024 07:25

Hi

Looking for experiences on the Bromley waiting lists, they have said they won’t tell us our position, nor will they start offering places until mid-April. Anyone have any experience of this? Do they really wait that long or is it just a ruse to stop you calling them at the start?

I know other London boroughs where they have already been told their position on the list.

thanks!

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SydneyCarton · 08/05/2025 19:01

We got Bishop Justus. Harris Bromley was our first choice but we are 2.2 miles away and it’s random allocation anyway. 27th for Chislehurst Girls, 6th for Bullers Wood and 83rd for Langley Park Girls.

I heard that this year one of the bands for Harris Beckenham was completely filled by siblings 🙄

Elim81 · 08/05/2025 12:21

Where did you get offered?. I'm 23rd on the list for Harris Beckenham. I got offered Orion's Eden park but it's too far.

SydneyCarton · 08/05/2025 11:29

Hi @Elim81 , we are also waiting in Bromley having not got any of our choices and being given the nearest school with available places 😔. Our first choice is a Harris academy so I think very little chance of that, and our fourth we are 83rd 😬Second and third (either of which we'd be happy with) we are 27th and 6th so I am hoping that there is some movement here. I emailed them last week to check for updates but they haven't come back to me yet.

Good luck with your application, it is horrible isn't it?

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Thebromleymum · 07/05/2025 23:03

Elim81 · 07/05/2025 19:21

I know! I am really stressing about it and think 18 is quite far but fingers crossed. Thank you m.

I think we were around 16 on the waiting list originally. So defo don’t give up hope.

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Elim81 · 07/05/2025 19:21

I know! I am really stressing about it and think 18 is quite far but fingers crossed. Thank you m.

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Thebromleymum · 07/05/2025 19:20

Elim81 · 07/05/2025 14:33

Hi
same thing has happened to me this year.
Got offered fourth choice and only put it down because they told me that I had to put down six. We are 18th on the waitlist at the moment for first choice where all of his friends are going.
Did you have a positive out coming in the end?

We did ! Ended up getting offered our first choice school in June. Good luck, the wait and anxiety is torture.

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Elim81 · 07/05/2025 14:33

Hi
same thing has happened to me this year.
Got offered fourth choice and only put it down because they told me that I had to put down six. We are 18th on the waitlist at the moment for first choice where all of his friends are going.
Did you have a positive out coming in the end?

beckenhammum10 · 19/04/2024 14:41

If you contact them they will tell you where you are on the list !

beckenhammum10 · 19/04/2024 14:40

Yeah they have. And they confirmed that we moved up the waiting list but not to the top unfortunately!

mugboat · 19/04/2024 14:25

Hi, have you heard back from Bromley yet? I am not sure if they have send out offers in the second round yet.

beckenhammum10 · 28/03/2024 22:21

Thebromleymum · 12/03/2024 07:25

Hi

Looking for experiences on the Bromley waiting lists, they have said they won’t tell us our position, nor will they start offering places until mid-April. Anyone have any experience of this? Do they really wait that long or is it just a ruse to stop you calling them at the start?

I know other London boroughs where they have already been told their position on the list.

thanks!

Wondered if anyone had heard any movement in Bromley! Or if they were sticking to the 10th April as their next date for updates ?

HerderofDragons · 13/03/2024 18:06

In 2023 we were offered a Bromley school place at a school not on our list. We got a new offer in the first shake down which was 13th April. It was our 4th choice and we stayed on the waiting list.

I phoned every two weeks to check positions. There was a lot of movement up until July then hardly any movement till September when there was a big move.

We finally got a place at 2nd choice school in late September and moved.

Hope that helps.

Rinse123 · 13/03/2024 08:23

Is that Harris Falconwood? That was our third choice - it’s hard to know where you are at with that one as they said 9 bands and it’s space per band sort of thing.

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Thebromleymum · 13/03/2024 08:17

Thanks both! This wait is torture, especially as my son is very upset with the school we ended up with (4th choice school where he doesn’t know anyone!). Still gobsmacked he didn’t get into the school down the road where most of the class is going, most of whom live further from the school (it's a Harris school though so I know that is all to do with the bandings)

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Rinse123 · 12/03/2024 13:52

Hi, we are in London Borough of Bexley but waiting on two Kent county council schools they said it’s like an offer day all over again 25 April and they will confirm if they can or cannot make a waiting list offer on that day. I was hopeful there would be movement before then another Mum who is in Bromley said that she’s in the same situation waiting on Kent Borough schools and this mirrored the process she had with her eldest a few years ago.

DuckBushCityLimit · 12/03/2024 09:28

Yes, that sounds about right, I'm afraid! They really aren't willing to give out much information early on in the process. They should be able to tell you the last offer distances for the school(s) you're hoping for, though.

We were just outside the cut-offs for both our first and second preferences and got an offer for our second choice on the 17th April. This was a few years ago.

The waiting is a nightmare, but things do shake down quite a bit between now and the start of the school year. Fingers crossed for you!