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SHHS 4+ waitlist

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ISW2022 · 30/01/2023 13:21

Hello! Our DD has been put on the 4+ waitlist for South Hampstead Junior School. We have a couple of other offers but this is our number one choice so we are holding off from accepting anything else. Can anyone share their experience of the 4+ waitlist? How many girls are waitlisted and is there any movement historically? Many thanks!

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mumoftwo86 · 30/01/2023 13:38

Is anyone rejecting a place at habs girls ?

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ISW2022 · 30/01/2023 13:47

@mumoftwo86 sorry, we didn’t apply to Habs… Hang in there, I am sure there will be movement!

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mumoftwo86 · 30/01/2023 14:03

@ISW2022 hanging by a thread

Ivyfly · 10/02/2023 07:23

@ISW2022 did you get called for waitlist place ?

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ISW2022 · 10/02/2023 08:14

@Ivyfly sadly no.

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mumoftwo86 · 10/02/2023 09:06

I’m really sorry @ISW2022 , the criteria for shhs seems to be something else and they only offer such minimal places. At 7 they have a whole extra class, hopefully you will want to apply again and are able to find a place you are happy with for now. Lots of hugs it’s not a nice feeling…

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ISW2022 · 10/02/2023 09:33

@mumoftwo86 thank you! Onwards and upwards. ;)

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Ivyfly · 10/02/2023 09:47

@ISW2022 really sorry. In Hampstead , schools are so small and all have very limited place. We are still on wait list for the school i registered immediate after birth when I was on hospital bed …. They are all so so over subscribed with sibling policy.

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ISW2022 · 10/02/2023 09:54

@Ivyfly I know… NW London is it’s own bubble really. Part of me is annoyed that I got myself sucked into this madness. But hey ho… my DD is still going to be in a great school, albeit our second choice. Did you end up getting the school you wanted?

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mumoftwo86 · 10/02/2023 10:09

Honestly it is such a bubble and one thing I found really helped my nerves is not being in the ‘crowd’ until the end since my daughter isn’t at a hot house nursery. We got a school that we are happy with in the end also. @ISW2022

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ISW2022 · 10/02/2023 10:17

@mumoftwo86 same here! Thankfully we were abroad on holiday when all results came out so I didn’t have to deal with pushy nursery mums asking me where my daughter got into 😅😅😅 (I still got the occasional WhatsApp msg of those who wanted to brag though..).

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