City Junior 7+ waitlist

[user1481129388]

Hi there, Does anyone know if the waitlist for City Junior (7+) moves at all? Or is it that everyone who has not been offered a place is put on a reserve list?
Keen to hear from anyone who has been in a similar situation.

We have still not heard from City 😕

From another thread, City & UCS results are out.

Just got ours - also waitlisted x

I'm assuming a lot of movement next week, as UCS, HABS and Highgate will also come out today. Good luck.

We ae on a waitlist for UCS, hoping the waiting list moves next week. Does anyone know when is the deadline for accepting the offers?

For other similar schools is Feb 2 so I would expect similar

@BumpyS Thank you. Keeping everything crossed.

Sorry - meant Feb 7th. Good luck!

In general, any idea where do families with DC in City Junior live? We will need to move if we get City Junior (currently waitlisted) but the local area does not seem very family friendly.

Children at CJS come from all over London although significant clusters in north London. Most come on public transport although there are a couple of school buses. Very few live on the doorstep.

A large number are North London based (Highbury Islington, Hampstead, St Johns Wood,Finchley, Mill Hill). There are two school bus services operating two North London routes (at a cost).

Lots of the parents work near the junior school and commute in with their kids x

There are a few families around the Barbican complex but as mentioned most commute from all over London.

Thank you everyone.

Does anyone happen to know how soon does the list start to move? Is it only after the acceptance deadlines for the offers that we get contacted by the school admissions? Or could it be before that also?

At a School Tour I attended last year, CJS said they will send 110 offers for 75 seats, but they will accept even if all 110 take these offers.

How many children applied?

Over 300 children sat the assessment.

Not bad stats - a third of those who sit the assessment get an offer

Has anyone heard from the waitlist from city junior school yet?

Has anyone from the waiting list heard from UCS yet?

That's an amazing ratio, making it one of the easiest to get an offer from, based on those stats.

@Caps1974 Totally agree, and as long as I've watched before/after my session, there were more girls than boys. That's one of the reason my DS has got an offer. We were so lucky...

Hi,

is there anyone who has been told that their child is in the reserved list for City junior 7+, how many of them clear it or say get a space

@user1481129388 we are in the same position this year (2025) and I wondered if you could share what happened last year to you? Thanks!