please help, have just done application for 09/10 entry, Westminster borough.

[me23]

I've just done dds application , although no reason to blush as applications only looked at when closing date has been. she's due to start in jan 2010.
Thing is there's only 2 community schools near me one if which is just out of cathment area.
dd is not baptised, I was brought up RC did the whole altar girl convent school etc..
I also put down some religious schools on application only because you can put 6, plus one is literally on my road and seems nice. they all require a supplementary form signed by a priest!
now I'm worried dd wont get in anywhere? what will happen then? obv she would be bottom of list for religious school because we don't attend church. The community school closest to me (Millbank) is very oversubscribed, and is 0.4 miles /0.7 km walking distance.

Me23, I don't know a whole lot about the school admissions system (despite having two dc in primary!) but I think you need to be very organised in your approach, rather than putting down some schools which you haven't a hope of getting into which seems to be what you have done. If your daughter is not baptised and you do not go to church then there is absolutely no point in putting down RC schools. You might find the occasional one in a rural area which is not over-subscribed but in any urban area they are always full - with people who meet their admissions criteria. So don't waste spaces on your application form and time getting supplementary forms signed by a priest for these schools. Tbh, the priest will probably refuse to sign the form anyway if you are not a parishoner and don't attend church.

Look at all the schools which your dd might realistically attend and find out what their exact admissions requirements are. Based on that you can get some idea of whether you may be offered a place and base your order of priority on your form on that.

If your dd doesn't get any of the six schools which you have listed, the LEA has an obligation to provide her with an education so they will allocate a school which does have spaces but it may not be one which you are happy for your dd to attend, may be difficult to get to etc so you really want to try and minimise your chances of that happening.

Thanks for your reply. I only put those Church schools on as there are only 2 community schools in the part of the borough I live in! plus I read the informatiom of one of the CE schools and last year they admitted quite a few non-religious children so I thought I may have a chance with that one. TBH I think you are right about the RC schools doubt dd will get into those. So realistically I only have 3 choices the 2 commmunity schools and the one CE school.
I would have thought there would be more community schools to choose from esp in central london.

I wasn't going to be one of those parents who attend church just to get their child into a good church school.