So I'm lying here attempting to have an early night as can hardly sleep for worrying about our primary school application for DS1. But of course I can't sleep. Again 
We live in a borough of south London where small children seem to outnumber adults about 20 to 1. Found out last year that we might no longer live close enough to our closest primary school - a 3 form entry approx 580 metres away. All other schools are a drive away. It's going on our list as number 1 but looking unlikely.
DH is one of those lucky people who can tell himself "you have no control over this, worrying won't achieve anything, so don't worry and see what happens". I am not one of those people; am self-confessed control freak and struggling with the basic concept of my PFB starting school in Sept at all, let alone which school it might be!
April seems a long way away, especially if I don't sleep between now and then, and so I wondered if there are any other insomniac mums out there with kids (supposedly) starting primary in Sept 2013 who might like to join me in a virtual 
or 
??? DH is sick of my constant anxiety!!!
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Primary school application angst - support thread?
Lozario · 01/01/2013 21:40
Arriving a bit late to the thread, but can I just say I am so relieved to see I am not the only idiot person agonising and procrastinating before putting in our application! Have been undecided between two schools since October! Now it boils down to availability of wrap-around childcare for each school.
My DH almost made be believe we are the only parents in the country who haven't got round to it yet! We are cutting it fine to be fair 
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Just marking place to read this later; (also arriving late along with sticky !)
We've submitted but I'm still umming and ahhing 
I'm in the ridiculous situation that my nearest (ignoring the massively over-subscribed Catholic school that we have no hope of getting in to unless I'm adopted by the Pope before September) school is the biggest primary school in Europe, I believe, with a six class intake and we still might not get in.
Last year was touch and go but I'm told was a big birth year and the catchment was the smallest it's ever been so I'm trying to convince myself that it couldn't happen two years in a row but I'm still panicking. It is the only school I want DD to go to .
My angst is totally different to the rest of the thread. School choice was easy - village school, half a mile away, sibling already there. I only put down 1 choice.
But I don't want him to goooooooo I want to keep him with meeeeeee
I miss them so much!
Hapless that's what I'm trying to tell myself too but part of me wants to expect the worst so I can be prepared!! 6 form entry that's huge!!
pink I do know what you mean. Even if we get our first choice (unlikely) there will still be a big part of me that doesn't want him to go. He's so tiny. Other grown ups won't understand him like I do
Loving the spreadsheet action!!
I've had too many today. Won't sleep tonight. Maybe this snow that's supposedly coming tomorrow will take our minds off it all for 24 hours!!
Another one late to arrive, have had a niggling feeling I needed to do something...yep, apply for a school place for ds 
have applied, dd1 and dd2 go to the school down the road so shouldnt have a problem getting him in, but he has only just started nursery full time, he wont be leaving in july, I will defer him till april 2014, seems so early to be applying!
I rang my admissions people today ? on hold for about 15 mins so not too horrendous, I was just pleased I got through at all!
Whenever I've rung they've answered my many neurotic questions and been very helpful. I keep getting in a flap but they always seem quite relaxed about it so fingers crossed you'll get a bit of leeway.
On the downside I did ask about the number of applications and they said it did look like it was going to be another big year so it looks like I've got three months of nail biting .
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Just checking back to see if I was the only one to have submitted the application extremely late last night! I see I am not - that makes me feel so much better 
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I hope all of you waiting for letters/looking for documents are on time to avoid being considered as late applicants - after all the stress!
That's it, the next 3 months will be a walk in the park compared to the last 3 weeks, as far as I am concerned 
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HELP! I am quite concerned - I had a simple 'clickity-click' on the online forms, filled in details... no request for evidence of anything, submitted.... that's it.
should it be more complicated?
What am I missing?!
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