School reference

[LoveBlueCheese]

Hello! My DS is applying to a few indie secondaries. Does anyone know if secondary schools only request for references if the exam threshold has been met? We know one secondary school has requested a ref from our prep but have not had any email update yet.

No. I’m a prep school teachers and we frequently get requests through before the exams have been taken. Of course your school may have this policy, but the ones near me send reference requests for everyone.

Thanks @modgepodge . In this case the exam was written last week. The secondary contacted our school yesterday for the reference. So I am trying to deciper as the wait is excruciating