March 3 Sceondary results/Waiting

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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?

Ah, got it - thanks.

You rebel, journey

I don't pick ds up until 5.30 on a Monday due to an after school club so chances are I won't find out until gone 6 anyway.

Well we'll be at netball 6-7 so along with all the other parents there so not sure if I'll want to find out then or wait till home

DD won't find out till 8pm because of backtoback clubs.

Has anyone here not put six choices on CAF?

We put four choices, our third choice is pretty much guaranteed on distance so even with a fourth choice there really wasn't any point going further.

What I don't get is people that put a totally wasted choice down. I know two people who have put a church school first that requires church attendance to be signed off on a SIF, despite not having done this. Why waste a choice?

Has anyone heard from Habs girls? I don't have a dd but am crossing my figures for a friend of ds. She unexpectedly didn't get an offer for another independent I really thought she would get into, so am hoping she gets better news (she has a sister at Habs).

Regarding wasting choices, I think maybe they thought that maybe that year would be undersubscribed for the requires church attendance rule and they may take non believers. This is the case in DDs school at least.

Not this school - hugely oversubscribed with a very tight catchment. It really is a pointless exercise, all three secondaries in the town are full to the brim and in wasting a choice you run the risk of getting a school miles and miles away. Some children in the villages are regularly allocated no school at the initial allocation stage or the school in special measures ten miles away.

Well in that case, then yes people shouldn't waste choices. They know they won't get it on allocations day so why bother when you could have put a school where you actually had a reasonable chance to get admitted to.

It is a bit of a fine balance though. And things can change. One of my neighbours teaches at a Catholic primary which is now so over subscribed that they can no longer guarantee places for Catholic siblings. Ten years ago they were taking non-Catholic children from out of county.

So how is the wait for everyone?

Hello. Anyone from Hampshire out there? Just wondering when they are likely to email, would like to know as soon as otherwise im going to spend the day fretting!

Also has anyone got any gossip about swgs admissions? That's our first choice but we are a distance away.

But for a church school that requires two years active attendance at church, and for that fact to be signed off by a vicar at one of the recognised partner churches, as well as living within catchment? When you don't go to church, don't live in catchment, and didn't return the form? The school is oversubscribed by at least four to one. There are long shots, and there are long shots!

journey I think the wait has been fine so far, but I feel like the pressure will be cranked up nicely by next weekend. Ds is the only child in his school that sat the 11+ so we are at least spared the gossip factor in real life. Lots of the girls are getting the results in this week and next for independent schools, and its been very very tough for them and their mums.

Well, all true. I think it's not a good idea IF as in the case I'm referring to you need all six choices to count. I know from friends experiences that the more likely scenario is that they will be allocated School X ten miles away if they don't carefully list six schools they have a genuine chance of being allocated, but it's really not my decision, is it?

Only just found this thread. I only put two schools on the CAF. First choice is a school with exam entry and only 65 places. Second is a very good local school. Not bothered either way really.

Waiting to find out here too. Don't think I need to worry but you never can tell.

I already have 2 dd's at secondary school, but have chosen a different school, further away for ds as it suited him better, so I have fingers crossed.

DDs friend came over today and told DD about how March 3 is so close and that they'll find out what secondary they are going to. I was going to tell DD myself and now, DD won't stop asking questions but now she's busy drawing and I'm happy about that. I don't want her to become worried and obsessed like me.