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N London 6th form offers

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Barnsleybonuz · 20/02/2026 09:23

Does anyone know when the North London state school offers for 6th forms are likely to come out?

we have applied to Woodhouse, Fortismere, APS and Camden.

Would be lovely to have some idea of if we are going to have any offers prior to getting deep into revision and exam territory. None of them seem to have designated offer days

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Summertimemadness2026 · 24/04/2026 12:10

Barnsleybonuz · 24/04/2026 12:06

Got an offer this morning. I think they have been started trickling through the last few days

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Good news! What is your DC studying? Still not received on offer for DS yet. My eldest is in the sixth form there so may ask one of his teachers what's going on!

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Barnsleybonuz · 24/04/2026 12:06

Summertimemadness2026 · 23/04/2026 11:06

Not heard anything either. Have you?

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Got an offer this morning. I think they have been started trickling through the last few days

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Summertimemadness2026 · 23/04/2026 11:06

Barnsleybonuz · 17/04/2026 13:21

Has anyone heard from Fortismere? We still haven’t heard anything. I’ve emailed them extremely politely asking them when we should expect to hear and left a message on their answer machine and nobody has got back to me. It’s extremely frustrating to have radio silence - if it’s a no, or if it’s a waiting list please it would be polite that’s fine but to not even acknowledge something is extremely frustrating

Not heard anything either. Have you?

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Barnsleybonuz · 17/04/2026 13:21

Has anyone heard from Fortismere? We still haven’t heard anything. I’ve emailed them extremely politely asking them when we should expect to hear and left a message on their answer machine and nobody has got back to me. It’s extremely frustrating to have radio silence - if it’s a no, or if it’s a waiting list please it would be polite that’s fine but to not even acknowledge something is extremely frustrating

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FakeTwix · 16/04/2026 14:54

It is great to have choices- we have none really!

But it makes me anxious for uni applications as it seems a very uneven playing field!

Wincher · 15/04/2026 23:34

Yes, friends who live elsewhere in the country seem to have quite a different experience- mostly just choosing between staying on at school sixth form or going to the one local college! Even when I was growing up in London those were basically my choices, and I stayed on at my school. But in our borough most schools don’t have sixth forms so it’s a big topic round here, and it’s great to have so many choices.

DS has his heart set on LAET - now just to get the grades and rush there on the day!

FakeTwix · 15/04/2026 13:58

Reading this from the far flung rural/coastal corners of the UK - it is just so different to the choices available here.

Nearly everyone in a massive area goes to the post 16 college in the city - travelling for an hour or more is not unusual. The college is not selective at all.

If you want to attend a school based 6th form there are a couple of options but none particularly high flying or selective.

Or you go private.

There's no real choice at all!

Melarus · 15/04/2026 08:19

StrongLikeMamma · 15/04/2026 06:33

It’s completely ridiculous in this day and age.

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Totally agree! When you think of all the things you HAVE to do online and can't do in person anymore ... it's so crazy to ask parents and students to turn up on a day in peak holiday season. It could so easily be done online.

StrongLikeMamma · 15/04/2026 06:33

Mumsense · 14/04/2026 14:30

Its standard to be there in person to enrol, there is no attitude in this at all.

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It’s completely ridiculous in this day and age.

dunroaminaroind · 14/04/2026 22:18

Mumsense · 14/04/2026 14:30

Its standard to be there in person to enrol, there is no attitude in this at all.

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My DH cannot get his head around this, I’m sure he thinks it’s me being overly anxious but my understanding is that schools / colleges expect kids to enrol in person.
But, i actually got results day wrong and thought it it was the following week, so it’s complete luck that we are back from out holiday in time 😂

Mumsense · 14/04/2026 14:30

StrongLikeMamma · 21/02/2026 14:11

APS have written to DS and told him to be there in person on a day in August after they get their results - we are away that day. Seriously do not like that school’s attitude!

He’s likely to get lots of 9’s. So fuck them frankly!

Hoping he gets Woodhouse 🤞🤞🤞

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Its standard to be there in person to enrol, there is no attitude in this at all.

gaia10 · 14/04/2026 14:19

I'd like to hear the pros and cons of the 6th form at Camden School for Girls vs Woodhouse.

A bonus question for Jewish parents: please let me know about your child's experience as a Jewish pupil at either of these places in the last couple of years.

Thank you.

Summertimemadness2026 · 13/04/2026 17:17

Me neither!

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Barnsleybonuz · 13/04/2026 17:14

Summertimemadness2026 · 13/04/2026 16:03

Any news from Fortismere Barnsley?

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Not a word, I’ve emailed twice for an update and no response.

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Summertimemadness2026 · 13/04/2026 16:03

Barnsleybonuz · 07/04/2026 20:13

I thought it was rather odd too and I can’t vouch for his information being accurate.

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Any news from Fortismere Barnsley?

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Barnsleybonuz · 07/04/2026 20:13

Summertimemadness2026 · 07/04/2026 20:04

That would be a bit weird, surely? I could be wrong but I don't think they have any feeder school or preference for N10, unless they are making offers by distance? My eldest is at the sixth form there and I recall getting an offer pretty quickly and his grades were a lot worse than DS2 so no idea whats's going on.

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I thought it was rather odd too and I can’t vouch for his information being accurate.

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Summertimemadness2026 · 07/04/2026 20:04

Barnsleybonuz · 07/04/2026 19:19

My DC seems to think they’ve offered to Muswell Hill kids but our account is still saying pending. It’s v frustrating

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That would be a bit weird, surely? I could be wrong but I don't think they have any feeder school or preference for N10, unless they are making offers by distance? My eldest is at the sixth form there and I recall getting an offer pretty quickly and his grades were a lot worse than DS2 so no idea whats's going on.

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Barnsleybonuz · 07/04/2026 19:19

Summertimemadness2026 · 07/04/2026 17:54

Does anyone have an offer from Fortismere yet?

My DC seems to think they’ve offered to Muswell Hill kids but our account is still saying pending. It’s v frustrating

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Whyhaveibeencutoutofmamsnot · 07/04/2026 18:54

elkiedee · 03/04/2026 11:47

We're not religious and my kids didn't go to church schools, but DS1 chose Religious Studies GCSE claiming to have heard that it was an easy option. I don't think that was true at all, especially for kids who don't grow up with regular religious worship. Slightly surprisingly, he got nearly maximum marks in the paper on Islam, which may have pulled his grade up to 7!

Religious studies may seem easier especially if you follow a faith but many schools just do the single tier paper so have to be mistake free to get 7,8 or 9

Summertimemadness2026 · 07/04/2026 17:54

Does anyone have an offer from Fortismere yet?

Summertimemadness2026 · 07/04/2026 17:54

StrongLikeMamma · 21/02/2026 14:11

APS have written to DS and told him to be there in person on a day in August after they get their results - we are away that day. Seriously do not like that school’s attitude!

He’s likely to get lots of 9’s. So fuck them frankly!

Hoping he gets Woodhouse 🤞🤞🤞

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Hi, DS forgot to apply to APS but they told him to just reapply on the day with his results in hand. Sounds like they will be offering quite a few places on the day!

Agree with your observation - not heard all together great things about the lower school either although massively popular in our neck of the woods. Were their GCSE results even that good in 2025? Thought they had dropped quite a bit.

Wincher · 05/04/2026 21:43

DS also got a LAET offer (his first choice) and luckily most of his friends who applied did too. Though I understand that on the day they basically fill up from the top grades down so it’s not guaranteed.

In our area hardly any of the schools have sixth forms and our borough doesn’t have very good college options so I’m glad there are options in other boroughs.

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Barnsleybonuz · 05/04/2026 10:53

CurrentHun · 05/04/2026 08:40

Sorry to be naive to this but treating 6th forms like universities for entrance is a bit shit for social cohesion for still quite young kids isn’t it? I mean, what does this mean for the kids who don’t get the stellar GCSE grades? they’re only 16!
Friendship groups broken up and travelling across town to wherever will take them? what a harsh life lesson. Please tell me that these schools will reserve some places with more average grades for the kids who did their GCSEs in the secondaries of these sixth forms. (Where there is a secondary attached). And not just wash their hands of them?

Actually I disagree with you, at 16 they are not young kids and our kids need to be resilient. Having some highly selective 6th form is fine, it really is and it’s real life they are at an age where it’s not good for them to be mollycoddled and everything to be equal.

Woodhouse and the LAE schools are standalone 6th forms and yes they take the students with the highest grades, that’s perfectly reasonable

Also to say that at 16 it’s not fair to break up friendship groups and for kids to travel across town, again they are not babies and it’s a decision they make for themselves

There are plenty of other less selective 6th forms and most of the kids applying to these places also have the option to stay at their current schools.

There is also an argument as to whether A levels are the best route for kids who aren’t achieving mainly 6 and above

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