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Waiting for that secondary school letter (1st march?)

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Enchilada81 · 12/02/2010 07:10

Is anyone else waiting for that letter with bainted breath? I'm terrified DS won't get into his first choice and don't know what we'll do if he doesn't.

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Skegness · 02/03/2010 09:10

Oh HSMM- so sorry. What a nightmare.

Waiting for the postie here and dreading a similar scenario...

Fab news that so many people here are getting 1st or 2nd choices though.

HSMM · 02/03/2010 09:08

We didn't get any of the 3 we put on our list. As a special reward we were allocated the worst school possible, which is at least a half hour drive from one side of the town to the other! (We're not going there - I will home educate until our appeal is successful)

valleyqueen · 02/03/2010 09:06

We got first choice. Good luck to those still waiting.

deaddei · 02/03/2010 08:32

You are all remarkably calm compared to the parents on the 11 plus forum
I'll be waiting for my nice postie up till 12, then have to go out. As the post normally arrives about 2, we'll find out about 5pm.
But we think we know.

BigTillyMint · 02/03/2010 08:30

Got the email, and DD got 2nd choice! (well joint first, really, but we couldn't put it like that!)

DD so relieved, she cried

Good luck VQ!

valleyqueen · 02/03/2010 08:19

I have been outside looking for the postie, as have 2 of my neighbours the poor woman will run when she sees us lot.

hippipotamiHasLost80lbs · 02/03/2010 08:10

BigTilly - I would normally be in excactly the same place you are. Our postie has always, in the 12 years I have lived here, delivered after 10am ish. But for some reason, today, he turns up at just gone 7.30am. I could kiss him
Have just checked - website still crashed, no emails and no text message. Online system seems surplus to requirement to me - I prefer the paper system! [old fogie emoticon]
Hang on in there, I hope you get your news soon.

valleyqueen · 02/03/2010 08:05

What's more annoying is I work for another borough alongside the choice advisor and I know the phones will be going mad. I will be just as frustrated as they are.

BigTillyMint · 02/03/2010 08:04

No email

No text

No post

No website

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Enchilada81 · 02/03/2010 07:52

I've just emailed the admissions team. Let's see if they can manage a reply to that.

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hippipotamiHasLost80lbs · 02/03/2010 07:51

Well, no email and no text message telling me I could log on to see the results.
Decided to try logging on anyhow and the website has crashed due to heavy traffic (no shit sherlock)

But, good old postie delivered a letter not 4 minutes ago which ds ripped open eagerly. He has got into his first choice (which we pretty much expected) and is happy.

Phew! Am relieved

valleyqueen · 02/03/2010 07:50

I don't think we are getting emails. I am in Bexley.

TheCheeseAlarm · 02/03/2010 07:43

We just got our email - 2nd choice - we are in Hackney too.

creditcrunched · 02/03/2010 07:42

Email just came in from the from pan admissions. We are very happy!

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Enchilada81 · 02/03/2010 07:37

I'm getting very frustrated. If the council have used 2nd class postage, the letter won't even come to day.

I'm going to phone the council at 9am and ask where my email is.

I don't want to have to mug the postman.

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passmyglassplease · 02/03/2010 07:34

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhh

damm system is down

you would think that they would put measures in place so that it didn't crash, as they must have an idea on the volume of applicants

frogs · 02/03/2010 07:24

Congratulations kid! Did your email come from Hackney or from e-admissions?

kid · 02/03/2010 07:22

I just got an email (7:16) from them, DD got her first choice

valleyqueen · 02/03/2010 07:20

Ours says from 7am though.

creditcrunched · 02/03/2010 07:19

I don't think its crashed, I think they took it down themselves and it won't be up until just before school starts, so that online applicants don't have an advantage over postal ones.

Mimiso · 02/03/2010 07:11

How annoying, got everything ready really early so that I could log on to e-admissions and the site is down. How annoying is that aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggghhhhh. Why cant they ever get anything right

valleyqueen · 02/03/2010 07:08

So annoying. We like all of our choices but that means nothing we might not even get them. I have left DD at the pc pressing refresh lol

kid · 02/03/2010 07:04

7:04 and the London website is down. I knew that would happen, but had to check anyway.

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Enchilada81 · 02/03/2010 06:56

Not happy. Was waiting at the PC, refreshing my email for the best part of yesterday ... nothing. Why do they say 1st of march if they can't manage that?

With out stupid council there isn't even an option to log in to the admissions thing.

At this rate, the letter will arrive before the email.

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valleyqueen · 02/03/2010 06:52

Is anyone else swearing at the pc. This is so unfair it's crashed.

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