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KEHS Birmingham year 7 waiting list

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pigtailroad · 10/12/2024 07:33

hi, parents, just received a letter from the school KEHS that our DD put under their waiting list to get into KEHS year 7 in Sept 2025, i am wondering the school will put all failure applicants to waiting list? or only a few border line girls under such waiting list? any replies are welcome, thank you all

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pigtailroad · 10/12/2024 12:16

thx anyway to all replied me above, yes, LetitGoToRuin is correct, i m asking about the private school KEHS King Edward IV High School for Girls at Birmingham, will appreciate if there are kind peoples providing us inputs if they know girls on waiting list can finally get into KEHS year 7 🙏🏻, or any advises are welcome with thanks

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Gardendiary · 10/12/2024 10:57

Ahh yes, I was referring to the KES schools for which you sit the 11+. Would be quite different for private.

LetItGoToRuin · 10/12/2024 10:44

I think some people may be assuming that @pigtailroad is asking about a King Edwards state grammar school, but KEHS is one of the Foundation's private schools, so the situation is rather different.

@Gardendiary there is not a qualifying score for the private school entrance exams, which are completely separate from the state school 11 plus. The school will have tested all the applicants, interviewed some, made some offers, rejected some and placed others on a waiting list.

@pigtailroad I'm afraid I don't know how many people KEHS put on their waiting list, but I am sure that they will have rejected quite a number of applicants, and would not have a ridiculous number of girls on their waiting list. I do think you will be in with a chance. Well done to your daughter, and fingers crossed to you!

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pigtailroad · 10/12/2024 10:36

thank you LeafHunter of your valuable inputs especially u work in school nearby, in such case, will KEHS call the waiting list girl(s) to fill up the space whose dropped during year 7 after Sept? or if we still want to get into KEHS, we better proactively let KEHS know our DD is ready anytime even after Sept when such space coming up? thx in advance of many of you who can provide us some thoughts 🙏🏻

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LeafHunter · 10/12/2024 08:08

IME not many turn down the offer, but a number do choose to leave during y7 which opens up spaces. It’s usually down to not enjoying the school/friendship issues etc

I haven’t worked for a KE school but worked in admissions for other schools nearby.

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pigtailroad · 10/12/2024 08:03

thank you Gardendiary, my DD applying KEHS King Edward IV High School for Girls, your reply is useful for us and if you know this school general situations, can you tell us usually this girls school will have much girls turning down the offer or just a few girls on waiting list can get into the school year 7 finally? thank you again and others replies are welcome also

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Gardendiary · 10/12/2024 07:38

Well, she and the others aren’t failures because they got the qualifying score or she wouldn’t be on any list. I would imagine the list would contain all pupils who reached the minimum score in rank order assuming within the KES catchment.