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March 3 Sceondary results/Waiting

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AdventureTime · 27/01/2014 16:34

This is my first post and I'd like to kick start he waiting thread.
DD hoping to get 1st choice grammar but has completely forgot about it all.
How's the anxiety/nervousness/ overall wait?

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ShredMeJillianIWantToBeNatalie · 21/02/2014 17:40

Same here steppemum, we get told your child's mark but no pass as such, we just have to wait and see if it's enough....

So do you think we might hear earlier than the stated 6pm? I'm going to be chomping at the bit by then.

Journeytolight · 21/02/2014 17:44

I doubt we'll find out before the time stated but anything could happen, nothing's wrong with obsessively refreshing the page, we all do it!

steppemum · 21/02/2014 18:15

Shred, we have a pass mark. You cannot apply to the school unless you pass. In theory they set the pass at about the right level so that all who pass get in, but it isn't that simple, as lots of people ask for results to be shared across all the schools, so the school has 500 results and 120 places, but lots of the 500 are heading to one of the other schools.

We think he has passed well enough to be safe, but no guarantees. The system is an exam in itself.

journey - I was commenting Grin to marmite about her dh. But yes I am a lover.

..of marmite that is

VivaLeBeaver · 21/02/2014 18:29

I remember how awful this was a couple of years ago.

Dd had passed the 11plus but didn't get a place at the grammar. I waited up till midnight to check the website and spent all night crying. Felt wed failed her by not doing what others were doing by renting a house nearer the school and pretending to live there for a year. Traditionally our village has always been in the catchment area but I think more people fiddle by doing the above and now kids in our village don't get in.

We appealed unsuccessfully.

But dd has been ok. She goes to a fairly shit school with fairly shit results and behaviour problems. But she works hard and is doing well. The teachers love her and I suppose there's a lot to be said for been top of the class in a lot of subjects.

So just wanted to say don't be too upset if you don't get first choice school. Its not the end of the world.

ShredMeJillianIWantToBeNatalie · 21/02/2014 18:31

So complicated.

We have:

  • home county(A): we know the mark ds obtained, we know the mark that's got in from the previous three years, but we don't know for sure that it will be the same level this year (but it should as it's standardised - so in theory ds is in; BUT school is only partially selective and entry is very very competitive);
  • county (B): we know ds has passed, but it's one of those where once you've passed the mark becomes irrelevant, and places are then determined by distance from the school. We are a good distance from the school that would be our first choice; should still get a place but obviously then logistics come into play.

goldie we get four choices in total spread over the two counties. All very bizarre. So we have gone (1) home county partially selective (2) county B grammar (3) home county comprehensive (4) home county comprehensive.

And if you can make sense of that little lot, you ought to win a prize Smile...

ShredMeJillianIWantToBeNatalie · 21/02/2014 18:33

Viva that is so true. I went to the shittiest of shittiest comprehensives, a real failing school in every sense, but I managed a decent crop of O and A levels, went to a good university and got a first in law, and learnt a lot about self-motivation and priorities along the way. Sounds like your DD has her head screwed on the right way.

Journeytolight · 21/02/2014 19:08

Too right Viva! It is definitely not the end of the world if you don't get first choice and go to a shitty comp. No one should feel upset if they don't get what they wanted. Maybe it's for the best. For now, only a week and a few days left!

goldie81 · 21/02/2014 19:56

Wow shredme that seemed very confusing!
Got an email tonight from county just reminding me results will be emailed 6pm on the mon!!!
But with the consortium test we got told results be out on the mon for me to look at emails & see they'd come a few days early!! Which was quite nice but can't see it happening for actual schools!

ShredMeJillianIWantToBeNatalie · 21/02/2014 20:05

I just got that email goldie. Well DH got it and forwarded it to me saying "this shit just got real". Grin

Think we got the consortium result on a Friday rather than the Monday, but yes it would be too much to hope to get it that early when it's a county wide exercise.

goldie81 · 21/02/2014 21:09

Shred me where you hoping for??
It's really daunting but end of day dd did as well as I could ask for & that's all that matters.

ShredMeJillianIWantToBeNatalie · 21/02/2014 21:10

First choice Parmiters goldie. Ds is desperate to go there, based partly on their maths facilities, partly on their gym, and partly on the fact that when we did the daytime tour they were serving doughnuts in the canteen Grin.

goldie81 · 21/02/2014 21:14

Haha!! Fab- our 1st choice too! Do you live close enough on distance? Or are you relying on test results?
Friend of friend was on course recently with head of herts admissions!! Needless to say she was digging for lots of info

ShredMeJillianIWantToBeNatalie · 21/02/2014 21:29

Absolutely no chance of a distance place, we are 5-6 miles away (but in one of the postcodes) so would be relying on the test results only. DH had to email the admissions lady there quite recently as we only noticed a few weeks ago that the letter of receipt we got for the SIF referred to an application for a sibling place; cue panic that they would be considering us for the wrong type of place. She was very nice, and it was very difficult not to crack and beg her not to tell us anything.....

ShredMeJillianIWantToBeNatalie · 21/02/2014 21:31

*beg her TO tell us anything....

goldie81 · 21/02/2014 21:37

Best of luck! I'm sure you will be fine. What have you put 2nd? I'm hoping for par tiers so that my ds's can follow on & I don't need to stress again like this in few yrs!!!

ShredMeJillianIWantToBeNatalie · 21/02/2014 21:43

Second is one of the Bucks grammars, just about do-able for us but ds has set his heart on Parmiters .... yes I have two other ds, one in the current year 5. The thought of going through the 11+ again fills me with doom so I'm afraid all the responsibility is on ds1's shoulders.

Good luck to you too, fingers crossed for good news in er just over a week.

goldie81 · 21/02/2014 21:49

Yes not long now!!! I'm sure they'll be something on here about all the results!

MyArseIsbiggerThanYours · 21/02/2014 22:46

Raw scores for Kent seem to indicate the super selective cut offs this year might be slightly lower than last year as there were less very high scorers.

Don't know if that helps anyone but I've read it on two different websites.

I'm not obsessing, me, as if

goldie81 · 21/02/2014 22:59

Well fingers crossed for you in kent.
Herts I've heard poss slightly higher but not enough to make huge difference but time will tell

Journeytolight · 22/02/2014 08:41

MyArseIs, that's good news! I hope it's the same for other areas.

Seems goldie and shred are in bucks, I have no one though Sad

It's so close to March 3rd that I can almost touch it!

Zingy123 · 22/02/2014 09:10

Just found out our 3rd choice has had an awful ofsted. It is the only school we are guaranteed as dd is at a feeder school. Fingers crossed we get 1st choice or even 2nd. It seems like a lifetime ago that we applied.

Journeytolight · 22/02/2014 09:31

I wonder why it takes so long for the results to come.

Surely the LA can give out results earlier!

Dancergirl · 22/02/2014 09:51

Another nervous 11+ mum checking in!

Dd has her heart set on girls' grammar. No catchment, test marks only. But school doesn't release test scores or ranks, all we know at this stage is that she's in the top 250 out of over 2,000. But only 93 places so we are on tenterhooks.

I suspect she will take it badly if she doesn't get in. We had disappointing indie results, only one offer out of 3 applied to.

Best of luck to everyone waiting.

MmeMorrible · 22/02/2014 10:04

Can I join the waiters? DD is completely desperate for a place at a state boarding school that is fairly local to us. She also did quite well at the 11+ but one of our two grammar school options introduced a catchment area last year which we fall outside of by 0.5km. Don't think her score will be stellar enough to net a place at either these but have put them down as 2nd and 3rd choice.

She does have an offer of a place and a good music scholarship (1/3 fees plus free music tuition for first instrument) from a local indie which was her first choice until we went to the state boarding open day.

Just want to know where she will be going in Sept!

Journeytolight · 22/02/2014 10:08

Dancer, is the school HBS by any chance?

DD gave the test for there but it's no6 on CAF due to a very very long commute.