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

[HobKnob]

I'm biting my nails off here!

[TheOneWithTheHair]

Good luck choceyes. Make sure you come back to say how you got on. :)

[Barbabeau]

Where are you based Periwinkle? London people get 6 choices. I had assumed that was standard across England at the very least.

[Yorkstar]

Another nervous first timer waiting here. We get 5 choice (Yorkshire) and iv used all my options. Hated our catchment school so have of course put down an outstanding school out of catchment (as I'm sure have the rest of the people who live near me with reception age children)! We find out on 16th. Debated waiting up but I won't sleep if its not good news plus as somebody up thread said the website will probably crash. I probably won't sleep anyway that night though!

[Periwinkle007]

Dorset. only 3 choices here.

We actually only put 2 this time as sibling for the Church school which is virtually next door to us and meet all criteria and our second choice is our catchment school which is less than 0.2 of a mile away. 3rd nearest is a different Church school we don't qualify for, then the other schools are all way oversubscribed anyway and we are too far to even be considered so no point.

I think you can get more than 3 choices if you are on the edge of 2 authorities so can apply for 3 with each.

I had just assumed everyone got 3. Can understand in London though as there are a lot more people and a lot more schools.

[RaisingGirls]

we get 4 (rural)

[Barbabeau]

Wow that's quite a lot of variation.

Six makes sense here as I've got 17 state primary schools within a mile (straight line measurement) of my house.

[Barbabeau]

And should say that we've probably only got a realistic chance of getting into the one closest to our house, which is less than 0.1 miles. Next week can't come soon enough to put me out of the misery of waiting.

[goodtoesnaughtytoes]

Find out on 16th (Greater Manchester). Put down all 6 choices but really want first or second choice. We get an email but we don't have to wait for the email, we can login to the online system to see the result. Nervous!

[FuckThisShit]

Barbabeau are you in London perchance? I also have around 16/17 primaries within a mile or so.

[TheNinjaGooseIsOnAMission]

17th for us here too, sw London. we have a new school opening locally so no guarantees on what effect that will have on catchments. I'm hoping it'll work in our favour but who knows!

[cece]

I think ours is out on the 17th. Not too worried as DS1 is at the linked Junior school (for admission purposes) so DS2 gets a sbling priority. But tbh if he gets any of the ones I put down I won't be bothered as they are all fine.... I have however not put any of my immediately nearest schools as they are all church schools and we are athiests.

This area I think the forthcoming reception is going to be massively full. The Nurseries are certainly very full.

[FuckThisShit]

Ninja - I wonder if you're near me? We have two new ones - one attached to an oversubscribed secondary and another on B High Road. I think there's also another Free School opening too, but it's a faith one so not for us.

[Barbabeau]

Yes in SE London in an area with growing number of young children and squeeze on school places.

Just checked my last address and it had 26 primary schools within a straight distance mile. We appear to have reduced the number of choices by moving.

[FuckThisShit]

It's crazy isn't it?.

[Choccyjules]

Another one waiting until early May here. Hoping to get into catchment school but if not the next nearest would be fine so trying not to fret.

[TheNinjaGooseIsOnAMission]

fuckthis, not the same area but I doubt you're too far

[Pyrrah]

Lozario - if you're in Southwark then waiting lists are being handled by the schools themselves now rather than via the LA, so just get on the phone to the school office asap.

Not sure what is happening in Lambeth/Lewisham.

My first choice is taking a bulge class for the first time this year so should be the best chance ever of getting a place as there will be comparatively very few siblings. Fingers crossed.

[Lozario]

We're in Lambeth. Everyone I speak to say they're not bothered which school their child gets, as long as it's fairly local and isn't the one beginning with F!!!

[RaisingGirls]

The problem is Lozario that the school beginning with F will just end up with all the people who didn't get any of their choices. We have a school beginning with P here which is the same. Nobody wants it and last year they only had 6 people apply for reception!

If we get it, we are going to appeal.

[sportinguista]

Nervous as we find out tomorrow, I know DS will get a school, probably not our first choice but good chance of second or third and we put down our catchment as fourth so fairly safe. Some of the schools round here have expanded as there were some children without a place last year. Many of the schools are oversubscribed here none within distance to us seriously failing but some have become academies recently. At least I will know and can start planning for September though!

[Barbabeau]

Lorenzo doesn't the one beginning with 'F' have a decent chance or turning itself around? If it is the one I'm thinking of, part of a bigger federation of schools? New building looks alright as well.

Good luck for the people finding out tomorrow.

[Lozario]

Barbabeau yes that's the one, and you might be right... but no one seems to want to be the first parents to plump for it! However, I must say that the closer the day comes, weirdly the less I'm stressing. I think I've worried so much that I've actually bored myself out of worrying.

[scarletfingernail]

Nervous first timer here, feeling quite anxious now. We find out on the 16th.

We could list 3 preferences, we're in catchment for the one we listed first. But it is the best primary for miles and I won't relax until Tuesday. I regret our 3rd preference and I'm worrying DS might get placed there as it is the biggest and it's the one were kids get put from miles away if they don't get in their own catchment. I wish I'd never put it down now. I've also since heard lots of stories about people using GPs addresses to get in at the preferred school.

Fingers crossed for all of us.

[aufaniae]

7 more days to wait for us. But also due to have a baby (EDD was yesterday!) so ever so slightly distracted, it'll be a busy/long 7 days I think

Good luck everyone :)

[Snazzynewyear]

We find out by email on the 16th. I am quite anxious now so glad to see this thread!

We get 3 choices. Will be pretty happy if DS gets any one of the 3 but I am worried. No 1 is great but a very long shot. No 2 also very good, very close to us but small so fewer places. No 3 good but like the others oversubscribed. The next nearest school is a Not Good At All School, and was undersubscribed last year - so quite a few kids got allocated to it when they hadn't named it in their three choices. Really hoping that doesn't happen for us, but we're on a run of bad luck atm so this will either break it or ramp it up even more

Good luck to everyone.