We are hoping to apply to South Hampstead High School. The applications are being sent out now, and have to be submitted after 9 am on 1st Oct, ideally by hand. They only accept the first 250 applications. My husband and I will both be away on 1st October, and the only person who can submit the form for us is my MIL who lives 60 miles away from London.
The school said that if we send the form by regsistered post to arrive by 9 am, they won't accept it if it arrives before 9 am, and if it is picked up in the post after 250 forms have already been received, they won't accept it. So it seems our only option is to ask 79 year old MIL to submit it for us. Is it likely that there will be long queues? It seems awful to ask an old lady to stand in a queue for hours.