Rejecting 4+ offer affect your chances at 11+

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Does anyone know if you reject and offer from Habs or NLCLS at 4 plus does it impact or effect your chances at 11 plus. Ie do they blacklist you?

Why would you want to send your dd to habs or nlcs to move them at 11+ to the other? It's not like they're not both all through schools

I'm just exploring options.

As I'm sure your aware picking a school for your child at 3 years old is really difficult decision.

It's a balance between start her at competitive academic environment from young age or start her at one of the less competitive schools with much better pastoral care and more holistic learning then when she is older she can move into competitive environment if suitable for her.

I do believe the early years foundation is so important in shaping your child.

No experience of these particular schools but I have in the past rejected offer of a place for one son at 11 as he passed the 11+ and then moved the younger one to the same school at 13 . My money is as good as anyone else’s . I would imagine they get too many applicants to keep track .

I know people who have rejected a school at 4+ and again at 7+ for the same child

I’ve turned down a top girls school twice (once for each of my daughters) to send them to a coed school instead we prefer.

It doesn’t appear to make any difference. Just do what is best.

The official answer is no. You are welcome to apply again at any other entry point and your application will be considered in a fresh light (whether you turned them down or vice versa).

There are lots of good reasons for turning a place down (finances, distance, complications with sibling school runs, it just not being the best fit at that stage, etc.) which don’t necessarily mean ruling it out forever. Schools generally understand this.