Anyone else anxious about tomorrow's primary school admissions email in London?

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Is anyone else a nervous wreck for the primary school admissions email to come out tomorrow, 16th April 2026? I’ve been a mess all day!!! Has anyone applied for schools in London?

@beachbum85 fingers crossed you are high on the list. Are you happy with the choice you have been given?
oh really! How did they get movement of 25 places!? That’s crazy. How big is the year intake?

We have decided that if we don't get offered a space before the school holidays starts, we wouldn’t move. The school we have been offered is a really good and popular school, but our first choice was a high achieving religious school.
We don’t really want to be in limbo up until September and we need to sort out uniforms, wraparound etc. The schools also want to do induction meetings, home visits, meet up picnics etc. I don’t think we’d want to move after organising and investing.

@whatdoyouthink123456 we're 7th on the waiting list for our preferred school at the moment, but would be happy with the one we've been given - it's a good school too and the school community really seems to reflect our neighbourhood. We only put the schools we really liked on our list (not the closest 2 for example), most of which are oversubscribed, which is why we got our 5th choice even though it's further than others. They also closed a school right next to us this year, so there's 1 less option in the vicinity.

The intake is 60 kids - I just spoke to that school again today and they said they've released 3 spots so far, so I doubt they'd get to 25 places down the waiting list this year!

The school we've been offered has 1 virtual parents' meeting in June but nothing more until September, so I think we'll give it until we go on holiday in August, because I am a bit worried about wraparound and uniforms too. Are you in contact with your first choice or your admissions team about movement on the lists?