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Kingsdale School waiting list

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Iamaworrywart · 02/03/2011 22:32

Does anyone have previous experience on going on the Kingsdale waiting list and how it works as their initial admissions are based on a lottery system. Also was anyone offered a place from their waiting list last year?

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madamecholet43 · 08/07/2011 20:13

We had our appeal late June and haven't heard a thing since!

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madamecholet43 · 18/05/2011 14:51

Thanks very much for the information, I agree with you that the later date seems very unusual.

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Iamaworrywart · 17/05/2011 21:28

I know that they will be between the 20/6-22/7 but haven't received the confirmed date and time yet. I am concerned as the Appeal Code states that all appeals must be heard by the 6/7, so I'm not sure why Kingsdale's appeals are going past this date.

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madamecholet43 · 17/05/2011 18:46

Has anyone been given a date for appeal? We have been told we will be contacted in "due course"!

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bigTillyMint · 07/04/2011 18:01

Does your DS have a statement? Surely you should have been offered your first choice then?

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Iamaworrywart · 07/04/2011 14:38

I've already met with the SENCO, DS's Ed Psych will also be speaking to them to confirm the different provisions within the 2 schools.

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bigTillyMint · 06/04/2011 20:45

Do Kingsdale have one then?

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Iamaworrywart · 05/04/2011 23:45

I met with SENCO at Dunraven late last year and that is how I know they don't have a specialist dyslexia teacher.

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Blu · 04/04/2011 16:20

Worrywart - can you get a appointment to see the SENCO at Dunraven?

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janeyjampot · 31/03/2011 18:25

Good luck Worrywart. We appealed (for a different school) last year and there were so many appeals that it took more than a week to hear them. We were successful in the end though.

Try to be positive about the other school just in case - I'd been quite negative and we'd had a miserable evening at the open day, which made for an anxious couple of months while we waited for our appeal to come up, and then for them to hear all of the others and make a decision...

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bigTillyMint · 31/03/2011 17:32

Oh OKSmile

Good luck!

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Iamaworrywart · 31/03/2011 14:43

We had a 1-1 tour of the school with the SENCO and they gave us a lot of information about the additional services they have in place the smaller than average class sizes (max 20, can be as low as 12) and the SEN library that is open before during and after school to provide support. They also have residential trips for borderline C/D grade GCSE students to hopefully bring them up to a C. I have evidence to show that this would be DSs predictive grade in English Language. These are just to name but a few of the things mentioned to us. I visited alot of other local schools and they did not have these provisions in place. The school he has been allocated doesn't for example have a specialist dyslexic teacher. So I don't think all schools offer the same..

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bigTillyMint · 31/03/2011 07:51

Well, you may have a small chance on that, but all schools are expected to make provision for dyslexia, and I don't think Kingsdale do anything particularly more special than other schools.

They are expecting a pheomenal amount of appeals this year.

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Iamaworrywart · 30/03/2011 23:19

Social/medical reasons, DS has dyslexia and Kingsdale has excellent SEN facilities that would really make a positive difference to his secondary school experience.

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bigTillyMint · 30/03/2011 18:46

How are you planning to appeal - I mean based on what?

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Iamaworrywart · 29/03/2011 20:42

I found out last week that DS is 203rd on waiting list for band 2 so basically he has no chance of getting in unless we win aty appeal.

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madamecholet43 · 29/03/2011 19:43

I know someone who has been offered a place already. Also when I phoned Kingsdale I found out the position of my child which I was told placed because of "priority " -whatever that means- I thought that schools didn't know what priority one put the school in!!.They wouldn't explain more when asked. Also wouldn't tell us how long the waiting list was... if anyone else has any more info I would be grateful to know.

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Iamaworrywart · 23/03/2011 21:20

Has anyone heard from Kingsdale or Southwark Council about their child's position on the waiting list? I had an email from Kingsdale saying that I would receive an update on DS's waiting list position after the 16th March which was a week ago, and I've still heard nothing.

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Iamaworrywart · 09/03/2011 14:09

Thanks Blu that's reassuring to know, to be honest I haven't really heard any negatives about Dunraven. I think it was just that as a family we prefered Kingsdale expecially the smaller class sizes as DS as dyslexia. We were also able to meet with Senco and have a tour of the school by ourselves and all the classes seemed very calm which my son seemed to like. We weren't able to do the same at Dunraven as they are unable to do tours for individual families so we have only been to an Open Session during the morning. Some of the classes we visited seemed quite boistrous and DS was nervous about going into them. Spoke to Senco though and she was lovely and very reassuring.

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Blu · 09/03/2011 10:22

I see you have been concerned about pastoral care and a calm environment - from the children I know at Dunraven, your DS should be fine in the upper strams.

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Iamaworrywart · 08/03/2011 20:51

Blu - 1.2 which is the second of the 5 bands.

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Blu · 08/03/2011 11:58

Worrywart - what band at Dunraven has your dc been offered?

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gingeroots · 07/03/2011 21:04

I think they have more than one waiting list ,depending on whether you applied for a scholarship place .
Could you ask the school for advice ,maybe they could give idea of how it went last year ?

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Iamaworrywart · 07/03/2011 20:41

Hi Egg,
If you could find out the details I'd really appreciate it please PM me when you find out more.

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Egg · 07/03/2011 20:05

My niece was on the waiting list last year and got a place eventually. Cant remember details on where on list she was or how long it was before she did get offered the place but can find out.

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