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has anybody waited on a primary receptipn class waiting list??

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juedanlil · 04/05/2012 18:55

My daughter is on the waiting list for 2 primary school local . Anybody any experiance with been offered a place , even if ya have to wait till mid term ?? Any advice be fab Xx

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ReelAroundTheFountain · 04/05/2012 19:03

Not me but a friend's ds was on a waiting list. Eventually he got offered a place in May of the reception year (he was at another school until then).
She kept phoning to see where he was on the list, he got to 2nd a few times then someone else would move into the area, closer to the school and he got bumped down as far as 6th once but he made it in the end!

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juedanlil · 04/05/2012 23:18

Thanks for that gives me hope that it has been possible before !! Guess its just a waiting game . X

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juedanlil · 04/05/2012 23:19

Sorry I take it she accepted the place , and ds settled x

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MajorBumsore · 04/05/2012 23:21

My daughter was. She started reception in one school in January, then was offerred place in first choice school in October. She was year one by then, but not very long to wait (and she was 16th on the list for quite a while). Do bear in mind that many L.A.s will expect parents to put them selves on waiting lists at the end of each school year. Many parents don't realise so you are bumped up the list further by their absence IYSWIM

daenerysstormborn · 04/05/2012 23:25

we had to go on the waiting list for dd due to a house move. we were number 9. when we finally moved on the 10th july, dd had no place at any of the local schools. within a week, she had an offer from all 3, so we got to choose which school she went to, so she started the following sept as normal.

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juedanlil · 05/05/2012 08:55

Thanks for that didn't realise I have go on waiting list again , we are 9th at min but the acceptances don't have be back till 18 may so I guess things could change either way . Thanks x

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ReelAroundTheFountain · 05/05/2012 10:48

Yes, she accepted the place and he was fine. In fact the school was a massive improvement on the one he was attending while waiting but that's a whole other story......

Just keep in constant contact - good luck!

Frikadellen · 05/05/2012 15:12

One of the girls I drive to school everyday was originally not given a place in the school for reception. The school is a 15 intake and she was 13th on the waiting list. Her mother had little hope of her getting to the top. December arrived and one of the girls moved out of the country. The other 12 people on the waiting list declined the space and my friends dd got in. She had started reception at another school. Had her first school day at current school on the return January day and is now in year 3 doing well. So it can happen even when it looks hopeless.

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juedanlil · 05/05/2012 18:31

Thanks it is giving me hope cause at the min things seem very hopeless !thanks for sharing Xx

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ibizagirl · 06/05/2012 08:11

Dd was on waiting list for first choice at number 28. When August came she got to number 15 so had to go to second choice. Happy though in the end as first choice school ended up being not as good as first thought. Good luck.

RueDeWakening · 06/05/2012 08:55

My friend's DS was allocated their 6th choice school last year. He started but stayed on the waiting list for their top 3 schools and was offered a place at their first choice in January. He started then and has settled really well.

On the flip side, another lady I know failed to get any place at all last year (for a host of reasons, not least forgetting to apply on time!) and her son is still at nursery waiting for a space at her 1st choice - and according to her the only acceptable - school. Not sure what she's planning to do next term, as he turned 5 last month...

RiversideMum · 06/05/2012 09:08

I think if you stick the waiting list out when all the other families get their children settled elsewhere, you will have a chance of getting in. It's all a question of luck. Some years there is lots of movement, others none. Just keep your fingers crossed.

cookiesnap · 06/05/2012 21:33

Just to say that it doesn't always work out - it took three years for my dd to get a place at our preferred school. We were no. 10 on the list at allocation time; number 3 over the summer; and variously no 1 or no 2 during YR, Y1 and Y2. DD's place came up for the junior school place, when class sizes were relaxed.

So I would make alternative arrangements as well as staying on the list. Good luck.

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juedanlil · 07/05/2012 18:46

Thank you for all your stories . I gave put my name down on other schools lists and I have booked her in private day nursery for her free hours and am hoping I can afford to bump it up Xx

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Sofiamum · 07/05/2012 20:53

We were 32nd for our first choice and 6th for our second choice. We got offered our first choice by Christmas. We turned it down as dd1 is really happy in our third choice school. Even though on paper our first choice is outstanding.

scrappydappydoo · 07/05/2012 23:02

Don't worry I'm sure you will get a place - it might not be where you want to be but you can stay on waiting lists until a space becomes available at your preferred school(s).
DD1 is yr 1 and has yoyo'd between no 1 and no 2 on a waiting list for two years. It is deeply frustrating but there is no quick way around it - its just patience. The best advice I can give is that whatever school you're allocated - throw yourself into it as if you'll be there for the whole time. You cannot live on not doing stuff 'just in case we get an offer'. DD1 knows she is on the wait list but right from the start we've encouraged her to 'own' her school iyswim and I think that helped to settle her. DD1 is happy at her school but she has a younger sister who would not get into dd1s school as we're out of catchment so we will move dd1 when a space comes up just so both girls can go to the same school.

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juedanlil · 08/05/2012 13:59

Thanks for that the school we were allocated my dd can not attend due a family fued . My safety and my dd would be compromised. I don't want her to deal with this . But I will be sure to put my all in to any other schools we r offered even if its not the one she currently attends x

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madmum04 · 08/05/2012 15:06

My daughter was on the waiting list for her siblings school, we were lucky to be in 1st for a place and that someone left so my daughter was able to start in the january of reception year

lynniep · 08/05/2012 15:10

yes. we are currently #1 on the waiting list for our 1st choice school (not catchment). However I dont think we'll be taking it. If it were just DS1 we had to think about, we might have considered moving him, even though he's settled where he is now (catchment), however come 2014, if we moved him to our 1st choice, theres a good chance DS2 wouldnt get in even as a sibling.

However back in September, we were #16 on the list. So they do move!!

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juedanlil · 09/05/2012 08:22

Thanks it looks like you have to play the waiting game. I didn't put my ds in school till yr1 that was 7 yrs ago and he is doing brilliant . Not affected him at all Xx

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confusedperson · 18/09/2012 21:53

In May just after accepting an offer at our 2nd choice, my DS was No.11 on the waiting list for our 1st choice. We got an offer for 1st choice just 1 day before starting 2nd choice school (beg of September). We accepted it because 1st is an outstanding school, but not sure if we will be happy with the decision as I have grown to love the 2nd choice by this time.. Albeit trying to do what's very best for my child.

MorningGromit · 18/09/2012 22:00

A friend of mine homeschooled waiting for a place and was lucky one came up in the October at her 2nd choice school.

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