If you've been offered a primary school place this year...

[furrycat]

How far was the school to home distance? Less or more than last year? And what proportion of places were taken by siblings?

Still waiting for our offer and am interested!

[nancy75]

the distance it went to last year was 1.1 miles, this year was .06, we just scraped in. dont know about siblings

[titchy]

Mine are already at primary, but their school had 17 places go to silblings fir this september intake, with catchment just under half a mile.

[pooka]

Local school had 0.3 mile "catchment" compared to about 0.38 last year. Think 33 siblings out of an intake of 60, including 2 sets of sibling twins.

[forevermore]

0.41 this year last year 0.7, just got in!

[sophiaverloren]

1.5 miles - don't know about siblings, but a catholic school and within parish.

[saramoon]

0.4 of a mile, not sure if it has changed since last year. We are still waiting to hear if dd1 has got in but seeing as i could throw her over the back fence into the school, i'm hoping we are def in.

[CompareTheMeerkat]

I know that people got into our school that live 2.6 miles away (although that is by road, as the crow flies it is rather nearer). Not sure which way it is calcualted.

She does have an older brother there, but siblings come lower than distance, so were worried until they found out.

[CompareTheMeerkat]

As the crow flies they are 1.1 miles away

[Emmsy1]

CompareTheMeerkat
I thought siblings came before distance??

[EldonAve]

no idea about siblings

School A (3rd choice) was 717m last year, we are 800m and didn't get in

School B (4th choice) was 576m last year, we are 400m, we got in but we will most likely decline the place

[furrycat]

0.3 miles? 0.4? Please tell me these are all schools that only take 30 children a year...please?

[EldonAve]

School A is 2 class entry

School B is 1 class entry