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Offers day: 3rd March 2025

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LaBee · 02/03/2025 06:31

We will all know tomorrow. Just starting this thread for us to kill time. I wasn't fretting over it until this weekend!

Not sure what time our council (wokingham) releases the results -some councils are bang at midnight and others are at 5pm!

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ghqpabks · 03/03/2025 09:47

I've heard it was a lower birth year this year and definitely looks to be the case vs my eldest born in 2010, looking at the allocation tables for my county.

MrsLJ2014 · 03/03/2025 09:43

I'm in Wirral and got an email about 20 mins after midnight. I stayed up!
DC got first choice grammar 😀

Thinking of those who have to wait all day as I was impatient for midnight!

MarchingFrogs · 03/03/2025 09:43

JZ1987 · 03/03/2025 01:21

We got offered our 6th choice of secondary school, Warwickshire LA uploaded the info at midnight just an hour ago. Does anyone know what the AQS for Warwickshire grammar schools was for each school, in the end? So sad we didn’t get offered a place at grammar.

You've probably found it by now, but the AQS details are now up.

Donesaidtheunicorn · 03/03/2025 09:43

RunSlowTalkFast · 03/03/2025 09:05

Is this accurate usually though? Didn't they say the same for the Kent test? Mine was hours earlier for that!

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I’ve just checked my emails from 2022 (our first rodeo!) and it came in at 15.12 - so could possibly be early this year as well

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LaBee · 03/03/2025 09:38

AmberDachs · 03/03/2025 09:32

Us too; also Wokingham

Massive surprise to get first choice as oversubscribed grammar, out of catchment and although DD1 goes there they changed criteria this year so out of catchment siblings don’t have any sibling priority at all. Absolutely staggered to get allocated it (but very pleased!).

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Might be the same school! Infact must be the same school if it is in Reading.

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mogtheexcellent · 03/03/2025 09:36

Got first choice here in West Berks. Actually saw it at midnight as dealing with dog toilet trip. Email came through at 6am. They havent updated the allocation tables yet though. I like looking at those.

Relatives in kent have to wait until 4pm. Sorry for all those waiting today.

AmberDachs · 03/03/2025 09:32

LaBee · 03/03/2025 09:26

Wokingham came out at midnight in the portal and the email came at about 7am ish! We got our first choice!

Us too; also Wokingham

okydokethen · 03/03/2025 09:32

What a delight to get our first choice today, two years ago my DD didn't get any of her choices and I did the whole panic, appeal, waiting lists and two school moves before she has settled.

Now current problem is it's a great school, with his sister and DS has changed his mind and wants to go to the closer school with more of his friends. I'm inclined to leave the dust to settle and give the first place school a try.

Good luck to all, I know how horribly stressful today can be.

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LaBee · 03/03/2025 09:26

Wokingham came out at midnight in the portal and the email came at about 7am ish! We got our first choice!

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Babsgranddaughter · 03/03/2025 09:21

krisferrari · 03/03/2025 09:08

I think the results come in alphabetical order of county name. "S"urrey 5pm ish.

Surrey is 5pm yes as part of the pan London admissions scheme, but so also at 5pm are say Bexley and Westminster...

Alphabetical order has nothing to do with it. Each LA or consortium of LAs has their own system and makes their own decision. Warwickshire released theirs at midnight!

krisferrari · 03/03/2025 09:08

I think the results come in alphabetical order of county name. "S"urrey 5pm ish.

RunSlowTalkFast · 03/03/2025 09:05

Donesaidtheunicorn · 03/03/2025 08:19

Apparently emails from 4pm and on portal from 5pm

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Is this accurate usually though? Didn't they say the same for the Kent test? Mine was hours earlier for that!

GavlarShmavlar · 03/03/2025 09:04

First choice here thank goodness. It's a hugely popular school that does really well so we are very relieved!

Barbadosgirl · 03/03/2025 08:48

Thanks to that IPhone update have managed to lock the email account that the email will go to! Changed the email address on eadmissions last night. Assume it is all automatic and will get to us but just an additional layer of stress. We are London so not until 5 and my son is priority one in the admissions criteria so should be ok. But seriously!

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 03/03/2025 08:45

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 03/03/2025 08:39

1st choice
Good luck everyone

That was for Kirklees.
Allocations are on the portal, for anyone else waiting in the borough.

Shahine · 03/03/2025 08:45

The twins got their first choice too. We live in Maidenhead.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 03/03/2025 08:39

1st choice
Good luck everyone

HobnobsChoice · 03/03/2025 08:39

LaBee · 02/03/2025 07:23

Aaaargh! 5pm is so late in the day! I assume all the allocations were probably done by end of January. So why not make it as early as possible on offers day?

I actually don't know what time ours is?
I hope wokingham do it at midnight so we wake up to the news

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We were still doing allocations until about 10 days ago. We do the first run, then exchange with other LAs then do another run then another exchange. Then a final run. We also have to slot in the medical/social needs panel after the first run and then do allocations if any are agreed and another run to resolve that. Absolutely dreading logging on in 5 minutes to check out admissions inbox!

joose · 03/03/2025 08:34

anyone know the release time for central bedfordshire?

throwaway25 · 03/03/2025 08:28

Waiting for Kent here too - it seems so unfair having already waited four months, to then make us wait all day for it as well!

Donesaidtheunicorn · 03/03/2025 08:19

Clean68 · 02/03/2025 07:14

Anyone knows the release time for Kent?

Apparently emails from 4pm and on portal from 5pm

fairydust11 · 03/03/2025 08:16

First choice, so relieved, I logged on at midnight. Good luck everyone still waiting to hear.

Babsgranddaughter · 03/03/2025 08:10

5pm @Puffthemagicdragongoestobed
Edited - Argh typo!

Puffthemagicdragongoestobed · 03/03/2025 07:57

Also curious what time it appears on the eadmissions portal for London. My older child started secondary in 2021 so it's been a while that we have been through this. So far no updates online!

Anxietyqueeen · 03/03/2025 07:49

We didn't get our first choice. Sad son today :(

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