Anyone else wallowing on a waiting list??

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DD1 is on the waiting list for a reception place at the school round the corner - she is apparently top of the list and I'm getting impatient!! I get all excited when the post turns up and then disappointed when there is nothing. I was really hoping we'd have heard something by this week as they're doing their induction day tomorrow but nothing nadda...
Anyone want to join me? - I have choc biscuits!

same situation with me my son is top on the waiting list as well.i am really depressed because i really want this place i want advice and gaudiance.any one who got place from the waiting list please help me.Is there any chance that my son get place for this september?

We were in the same position until a couple of days ago when I rang the LEA (learning trust in our case). They said that our son was going to be offered a place but they were behind themselves with their paper work and were not going to send the letter until next week! So I would really recommend regularly contacting your LEA... everyone says that you are really likely to get in before sept if top of the list.

Also after the school has had their pre-lim meeting they chase up any non-attenders and then sometimes find out if children are not going to take up their place then... Good Luck!

Yay more people!
I'm finding LEA useless - school helpful though - I rang today and they said she's still top of list but there is no movement. Although I'm restricting myself on doing that as I don't want to come across as pushy.
I think it depends on your area - if there is a lot of 'mobility' you should be ok. I'm pretty confident just frustrated as dd is missing out on all the induction stuff which is especially important as we've just moved and don't know anyone. I want to stand on my rooftop and scream 'IF YOU HAVE A PLACE AT XX SCHOOL AND DON'T WANT IT PLEASE TELL THEM!!'

I have known parents move their kids during the first week at school. So places can still come up in the autumn.
Do try and find out if there are any actiities going on this summer so you ca get to meet people. Swimming lessons, drama days etc. The library can be a great source of info.

this morning bad news for me i rung admission team to find out my son position in the waiting list.Before he is 2nd on the waiting list but she told me today that he is 3rd on the waiting list.i took sleeping tabelt last night and now this bad news make me more depressed.my son is really happy his school he dont want to go new school i appealed any way but i know its very rare chance that i win that appeal

Oh Rohana its so frustrating isn't it? But don't give up! the lady I spoke to yesterday at the school said last year they had 6 children who just didn't turn up last september - the parents just hadn't bothered to turn down their place.
I take it your son has a place at a school even if it isn't the one that you want. Maybe you can just stay in the list and then transfer him when a space comes up - thats what our plan is should we get to september..

thankyou for your sampathy.i really apprieciate your kindness

It is perfectly true that some parents just do not turn up in the autumn so places can be offered as late as the first week of term.

Frustrating and upsetting I know.

day after day my son position in waiting list go down this thing is really upsetting me.when i put my son name inthe waiting list he was in position 2 after one week he was in position 3 and now he is in position 4.i am really depressed i dont know what to do i appeal as well but every body said that u have very small chances to win that appeal.any body know about the sampathy appeal?any advice and help please

I'm feeling your pain! My ds was 3rd, moved to 5th, then 6th and when I called LEA last week has now moved to 9th Arghhhhhhhh!
Very depressing but I guess for us that live in a city that is the way it goes

I haven't phoned up for a while now. DS was 6th on the list for one school and 3rd on the list for another. My neighbour told me her DS had moved to 6th on the one were are 3rd on so I assume we are now 5th.

If you get a place do they write to you or phone? We're going away in a few weeks (we come back just before term starts). I wouldn't want to miss news!

Having said all that I went out and bought the uniform for the school we have got a place at...

Can I just tell you about our experience?

Dd was top of waiting list. School told us that they were reasonably sure at least one child wasn't going to turn up on first day of school but they hadn't been officially informed.

That meant they had to hold the place until the child didn't turn up on the first day, and then for (I think) a week afterwards.

She did get her place, the school told us (when we rang) that the child hadn't appeared on the first day.

So ... it's very stressful, but most schools have children who don't turn up (ie haven't officially informed school they don't want the place,) and there isn't that much they can do. But don't despair.

Me too - DS has got a place at his 4th choice school, and was position 2 on waiting list for his 2nd choice (43rd on waiting list for 1st choice so that's not going to happen!).

Now he's position 4 on waiting list for this 2nd choice school.

I'm getting stressed about it too - partly worried he won't get in, partly worried that it will be disruptive to move him if/when he gets a place.

The pluses to moving him are the academic results (although SATs aren't everything, it's the difference between 50%/42%/53% and 85%/92%/93%....) small class sizes, lovely atmosphere, close to after-school activities.

The downsides to moving him are he knows about the school he's going to, has done settling in day there and is looking forward to it, and there are upsides to the school being bigger, in terms of facilities etc.

I thought the school application stress would be over by now!

I don't think the stress will ever end!! I'd kind of resigned myself to DS going to the school he was allocated (we didn't win our appeal for our 1st choice school)

This week at his 2nd settling in day spoke to a Mum who had 'taken her DD to her chosen school last week and didn't actually like it (it was DS 2nd choice grrrr) so decided to move her to this one'. Lucky bloody her for having a choice!!

Then heard about the child who was the late application extra on the PAN for our 1st choice school, tipping the numbers over so we didn't win our appeal - his parents have now decided not to send him to that school! If they'd decided that in the first place we would have got in, but now because we lost have to sit on the waiting list on which DS is 4th...breathe breathe and aaaah.
{grin] in the face of adversity...

I'm beyond stressed now. DD does noit have a place for September. We are moving however until we have a move date (sometime between now And September) She can not be added to any waiting lists o be found a place. This is on top of the last X months stressing here as she kept going down on all the waiting lists. All I can say about the whole thing is the idea that we have a choice on the school our DC go to seems to be a joke. Out of the 6 choices (including the 2 closest schools) DD did not get a place at any. I just want to hurry up and move now so I can crack on with yet more waiting lists!

i just send my doctor letter with my appeal tht i am very depressed this make any difference in my appeal.

Just checking back in... still wallowing. I keep getting all excited when post arrives but then get disappointed when there is nothing.

Was pondering though - what would happen if they got rid of the whole infant class size thing - would it just be a free for all?? Would there be classes of 40 with schools not being able to refuse appeals??