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Ever done anything stupid in desperation?!

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WS12 · 28/06/2017 04:20

So I've done something really stupid. We are living in Australia at the moment having only arrived last September. I was so homesick come January that I applied for school paces for my son - back in the UK!!- though we had no plans to return and my husband knows nothing about it. I think I had some crazy plan that I'd go back on holiday to the UK and just start life again🤣 I have now come to realise that's really not a good thing to do, and I won't be abandoning my husband ! I have just emailed both school I have been guiltily emailing and conversing with to tel them I do not need the space for my son. But now I feel so bad. I hope I haven't burned any bridges with them as if we do return I will need to try these schools again. Why do we do such silly things in desperation?! 😱 I'll wait for a reply now and see what they say.

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JustRichmal · 28/06/2017 09:22

Moving house is stressful, moving continents even more so. I should think the schools would understand that you were just going through a time of indecision with such a great change in your life if you do change your mind again. Could you skype old friends or family to have a good long chat about how you are feeling homesick?

smellyboot · 30/06/2017 21:23

I'm baffled how you managed to apply. The schools wont care

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WS12 · 05/07/2017 04:30

Smellyboot I just took a few emails and some electronic forms - all done by email. Though one school sent a letter to my parents house (the address I put down as returning to) which was awkward but I explained it away. I sent both schools the email saying we won't need he place and neither has replied. I emailed the first to check they got my email and they did. So I'm guessing the second did but not even a courtesy email to say they got the message? Confused ah well. Let's hope we forever stay in Aus ey!

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dazedandconfused12 · 05/07/2017 06:59

I expect the school office receives a lot of emails so they don't have time to acknowledge everybody...

mummytime · 05/07/2017 21:15

As I assume these are private schools I'm surprised they haven't sent you a bill.

smellyboot · 05/07/2017 23:32

Yes must be private lol as you wouldnt get two state offers

OCSockOrphanage · 07/07/2017 20:13

Snide response there, smellyboot.

OCSockOrphanage · 07/07/2017 20:13

Snide response there, smellyboot.

smellyboot · 07/07/2017 20:31

Hardly - I was laughing at myself when I realised it must be private. You can't and don't get two offers from state schools. It doesnt work like that. You don't apply to the schools either

PhilODox · 07/07/2017 20:35

They cannot be fee-paying, no school would have accepted them without OP signing to say they agree to pay fees, and to be liable for first term's fees if they don't take up the place.

smellyboot · 07/07/2017 20:39

Unless OP thinks that as she applied to two she'd get two offers? But offers come direct from the LA. And no one gets two offers. Maybe her allocated school then did send a welcome letter to her parents and the other didnt reasoned as she didnt have a place? Unless its different e.g. In Wales ?!?!?!

PurpleTinsel · 07/07/2017 20:48

They might be fee paying Phil.

When my DC was offered a place at a private school, we got a pack of forms to fill out, and a covering letter saying something along the lines of "We are happy to offer minitinsel a place in school year X from September 201X. Please fill in and sign enclosed acceptance form and return it with a deposit of £xxx within 3 weeks of the date on this letter or we're withdrawing our offer."

No obligation to pay a terms fee until after the acceptance form and deposit were returned to the school.

PhilODox · 08/07/2017 00:12

Maybe... but I'm pretty sure you weren't sending a cheque from Australia! It would take longer than the cut-off date to return the forms.

PurpleTinsel · 08/07/2017 08:22

It's all online bank transfers these days Wink

But I agree, sending paper forms backwards and forwards with signatures might be a bit trickier if timescales were tight.

prh47bridge · 08/07/2017 09:19

You can't and don't get two offers from state schools. It doesnt work like that. You don't apply to the schools either

In the normal admissions round you (and others who have said similar things) would be right. However, we are talking about in-year admissions. In many areas you apply direct to the schools for in-year admissions and therefore you certainly can get two or more offers. The council will only get involved if you are unable to find a school.

smellyboot · 08/07/2017 20:06

Because OP said she applied in Jan I assumed it was for a reception place...

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