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Is anyone else waiting to hear what primary school their child has got into?

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HobKnob · 05/04/2013 09:11

I'm biting my nails off here!

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HaplessHousewife · 17/04/2013 15:58

Aarrgghh. I feel like I'm waiting for exam results!

FuckThisShit · 17/04/2013 16:03

Nothing for Wandsworth borough yet. Ours says we will be able to see online via our e-admissions log on from 17:00 and emails being sent out from 17:00 onwards.

I'm pretty sure that all London boroughs and Surrey will all find out from the same time. That's what the Wandsworth find a primary school booklet tells me.

minouminou · 17/04/2013 16:03

Eesh - DD just scraped into our first (and only choice) on category eight - living in northern part of city with sibling at school.

I'm happy about this, but I just hope it's not at someone else's expense. I suppose it won't be, but she has two friends - twins - who are going to the school in the village....their second choice. Their first choice was our school, and I feel sad about this for them. I think they're going to go on the waiting list.
There's nothing wrong with the village school at all, but we moved here suddenly after DS had been offered his place at out first choice (which was just round the corner from our old gaff).

Still, can't complain. If she hadn't been offered a place, we were going to keep her at nursery for a bit longer, as DS' school has a high turnover. We wouldn't have appealed, as she'll be five next April and chances are she'd have been in before then.

Hope it all works out for everyone.

Lozario · 17/04/2013 16:05

yes it's suddenly hit me now and am bricking it! Would have gone out somewhere but DD has chicken pox!!! Arghhhhhh

Lozario · 17/04/2013 16:12

minouminou that's our strategy if we don't get in too because DS isn't 5 until June. Congrats on getting place!

HaplessHousewife · 17/04/2013 16:21

My DS has chicken pox as well! I've got to leave at about 5 to take DD swimming so I hope it's 5.00 on the dot!

TerrysNo2 · 17/04/2013 16:22

rudenamelady Wink are you on the pan London e-admissions site too? my F5 key is getting worn down!

AnnieJumpCannon · 17/04/2013 16:24

6 pm here...
Deep breaths

abuhamzamouse · 17/04/2013 16:24

Oh come on the suspense is killing me....

minouminou · 17/04/2013 16:25

This is it, Lozario - it takes a lot of pressure off everyone.
If she wasn't in by April, we'd have thought about home ed-ing for a term.
We actually found out yesterday, and today a couple of mums were telling me they reckoned DD wouldn't get in, but didn't want to say anything!

I was like...."ehh, we got it covered...".

But then I am a bit of a cavalier knobhead.

Barbabeau · 17/04/2013 16:28

Good luck to all the online London people. Have arranged to work from home tomorrow so I can be in when the letter hopefully drops through the mail slot. If need be, I can cry in private.

Keep trying to tell myself that for DD not to get in, last year's catchment area would need to reduce by 2/3rds. Totally possible though as it is two years on from a bulge class and there will be loads of siblings.

HaplessHousewife · 17/04/2013 16:55

If it doesn't come at 5 on the dot I'm going to spontaneously combust Shock

totmum · 17/04/2013 16:55

If anyone got email or see it online, please tell us. its out by 5.00P.M right for merton area?

TerrysNo2 · 17/04/2013 16:56

I am in a boring meeting so refreshing on my phone every minute, as soon as it pops up I'll let you know!

Pyrrah · 17/04/2013 16:57

Lozario, is your first choice school in your borough or mine?

TerrysNo2 · 17/04/2013 17:01

it's up!

Pyrrah · 17/04/2013 17:02

Why isn't the website showing anything? Aaaarrrgghhhh.

TheNinjaGooseIsOnAMission · 17/04/2013 17:02

london's up. We got our first choice, phew. Good luck to everyone else

Goodwordguide · 17/04/2013 17:02

Wandsworth is up! Ds got our first choice, thank The Lord, as we
Moved mid-application out of the borough.phew!

3littlerabbits · 17/04/2013 17:03

Not for barnet its not...yet

LittlePickleHead · 17/04/2013 17:05

We got the school we were expecting (4th choice but I knew the others were unlikely). SO relieved I've just started crying! I can relax now knowing we can walk to school and she will have friends local to her. Phew!

Good luck to everyone else xx

Pyrrah · 17/04/2013 17:05

Where do you go to? The bit that lists all your info and the schools you've put down?

FuckThisShit · 17/04/2013 17:05

Yes, we got first choice. It's a brand new school and I'm so so pleased. Great news for you too Goodwordguide. Can I ask which one you've got? We're Rutherford House.

JinxyCat · 17/04/2013 17:06

Just got online and saw the result of our application (Haringey - London Borough) and we got our sixth choice (which wasn't unexpected)

Does anyone know when they publish the 'last child offered a place' information for this intake? I'm keen to torture myself to see how much we lost out by...

JinxyCat · 17/04/2013 17:07

@Pyrrah - yes, there should be a new link which says 'view application outcome' that takes you to a page with the info...good luck!