Is there a nervously awaiting primary admissions thread?

[drspouse]

Or have I just started the first one?

I don't think ours go online until about 5pm, or at least that's when I seem to remember getting dd1's 4 years ago. Not that I'm not checking already of course....

Doesn't say time on ours but the secondary applications from last year were available from midnight so I'm assuming it's the same.

I'll be interested to see ZoeQ's update now her other thread has been deleted. She seemed a little confused as to the number and ages of her kids

Waiting until 5pm tomorrow in London- from previous experience, I know they are unlikely to release anything before then. Doesn't stop me checking the website though

Glad I'm not the only one refreshing haha

I check every now and then in the hope they are up early. I am going to be staying up aren't I?

Don't know if I'll stay up to check- ds3 is 2 months old so I'm normally feeding him at about 3am so I might just check then (who am I kidding... I'll be staying up till midnight!).

Interesting Tethers. Was it that thread about a woman having the temerity to have more than one child with more than one man? I hid it very early on if so.

Still at least 24 hours to go until school allocation. I'm no longer nervous. I'm bored.

I just want it to be over now, so if we don't get the preferred school we can start making peace with it. Going to be bloody awful at the preschool gates tomorrow as most people are very clear what they think of our catchment school - we're one of the few families outwith the better two schools' catchments - and it's not flattering (not that they've never visited, but.)

I've got the forms printed out ready to fill in and send! Now bored of waiting

It was indeed, SoH. It's all very odd.

For those waiting, I've just discovered my LA (which doesn't let us know until tomorrow) has a list on it's website of the admissions for all the schools for September 2016. So will say 'admitted all applicants in categories 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 up to a distance of 0.31 miles'. So you can pretty much figure out if you got in or not. Might be worth having a look!

Wow so much info! So glad to see I'm not the only one on tenterhooks! I was hoping the email would come through first thing in the morning but sounds like it could be either midnight or 4pm?!! The agony!! Our first choice is not our catchment school but it's only just over a mile away so hoping ... Good Luck everyone!

maiyakat where on your LA website was that info?

Just checked, and mine (Oxfordshire) only has last year and the two preceding up. Ah well.

Where abouts is this info?

alien It was in the 'how to apply for a Primary School place' section, under 'how places were allocated last year'.

I'm feeling sick about finding out tomorrow. If anyone has any idea on how to find where this information about how many have been admitted might be please let me know. I'm looking on the Essex cc website and its a maze, no idea where to look.

Place marking,

Nothing on the Kent website! All I can find is the info and link to the application form. Last year the school we had top furthest distance they admitted a child was 0.278 and we live 0.276!!! Goodness I'm so so nervous

I can't see anything for previous years even in Essex.

Just checked our website (South Bucks) and it says we'll get an email between 11am-12pm which is good to know. I still feel sick though!

We are in Manchester and found out yesterday that we have been allocated a school that wasn't on our list of choices are is almost 2km away. We will appeal but I'm not sure it will do any good.

Joining you ladies, I'm staying up until midnight!
I've been checking the website since Friday (in case there was a glitch) but no luck.
I've just checked for allocated places and our county only has information from last year.
I really have been winding myself up over the last few days, I hope I'm not disappointed

Yes our website only has last year's info too. I think I must go and write some lists for tomorrow instead of fretting in front of the computer. Good luck everyone!

Oh, I have found last year's stuff and feel a bit better about it. Children out of catchment with no siblings already there got into all of our top three choices last year. Fingers crossed things haven't wildly changed since then.