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decision on 1st March? Anyone want to sit and sweat it out with me?

417 replies

MsIngaFewmarbles · 17/02/2013 17:27

Urgh I am starting to feel queasy. I just want to know now. PFB (dd1) doesn't care which school she gets into and dh is being irritatingly pragmatic.

Is anyone else twitching nervously?

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wordassociationfootball · 01/03/2013 17:30

Omfcrikey. First. So happy.

JugglingFromHereToThere · 01/03/2013 17:31

Yay Chippy Wine@Thanks

We got our second (and youngest) in today, following in his big sister's footsteps Smile

< Breathes a quick sigh of relief before DD's GCSE's the year after next ! >

JugglingFromHereToThere · 01/03/2013 17:33

Yay !

word association football rugby eton mess Grin

5madthings · 01/03/2013 17:34

I had forgotten it was today!

I applied with the paper form so need to wait for the letter. Ds2 should get into the school ds1 is at because of sibling link but its out of catchment so not guaranteed but as a low birth rate yr we should be OK.

I had a hustle applying tho as we were in the process of transferring ds1 from one school to the other (yr 9) and he started after the Oct half tern which was after the deadline for applying... Had to do an accompanying letter explaining ds1 would be at the school and including ref details and emails of his transfer etc.

Hopefully it will come in the post tomorrow or Monday, if not will phone the council Monday morning.

SoImpatient80 · 01/03/2013 17:38

So pleased!! DD1 (and PFB) got her first choice! Feels like a weight has been lifted! x

FiveHoursSleep · 01/03/2013 17:39

Yay- DS got first choice out of borough place. Very pleased:)

mimbleandlittlemy · 01/03/2013 17:43

Our borough says we have to wait until we get the email saying we can log on and that the emails will be rolled out "over the course of the evening". Went live at 5pm, nothing yet. We're tail end of the alphabet so it might be a long night.

FiveHoursSleep · 01/03/2013 17:49

Our borough said that too, but I logged in and the offer was there anyway. Have accepted it but not yet got email...

Binkyboo123 · 01/03/2013 17:51

The pan London web-site said that but I still logged on it at 5pm and it gives a link saying view outcome of application and respond - might be worth another try!

Happywe1 · 01/03/2013 17:52

Totally in the same boat as you. Very anxious and frustrated with all the messages of results already announced. My good friend and colleague who has gone through the whole same process received her email at around midday today with relief but still trying to process the whole build up! Please put us out of our misery!

mimbleandlittlemy · 01/03/2013 17:55

Well I just gave it a go and YAY! first choice offer - already accepted and now I can go home from work with a spring in my step knowing I don't have to keep logging in all evening as all the emails come through on my work server.

Hoorah - and fingers crossed for everyone waiting.

PureQuintessence · 01/03/2013 17:56

3rd choice offer. Buggeroux

mankyscotslass · 01/03/2013 17:58

Sad Quint

wordassociationfootball · 01/03/2013 18:00

Nice work Juggling! Grin word association football rugby eton mess dd's bedroom nervous breakdown AA.

wordassociationfootball · 01/03/2013 18:01

Sorry to here that Quint

JugglingFromHereToThere · 01/03/2013 18:08

Hi word, one more from me .... Wine

In fact make that a Wine for everyone ... surely it's wine O'clock already tonight Grin

Happywe1 · 01/03/2013 18:08

Any of you waiting for results from eadmissions.org.uk? My surname starts in a Z?

PureQuintessence · 01/03/2013 18:11

Thanks, we will be fine. The RC secondaries which were 1st and 2nd on our list are heavily oversubscribed so not sure there is a point on remaining on a list. We do have private offers so not all bad, we were just hoping we would not have to go down that route.

mummymeister · 01/03/2013 18:12

midnight log on to the computer so exhausted today but DS got into grammar school - relief all round.

Snorbs · 01/03/2013 18:14

Super. We've had the email saying that the allocation has been made, while the website is saying that they're still being sorted. And it took a good five minutes to say even that.

Well done Herts.

JugglingFromHereToThere · 01/03/2013 18:15

So, you have some options Quint ?
You could become Quakers what with all that porridge eating and transfer to a nice Quaker school for sixth form (they're still private though so would probs have to keep on with the porridge eating Smile)
Sorry you didn't get what you wanted to see today Sad

Snorbs · 01/03/2013 18:26

Ah. Blush

I've just noticed that the email saying that the allocation had been made and pointing to the Herts website also contained, um, details of which school DD had actually got. So I didn't need to waste my time trying to get to the site. Oops.

DD got the school we wanted!

androbbob · 01/03/2013 18:36

I decided not to stay up until midnight as all asleep here. We got an email at 06:16 this morning which gave us first choice school. Most of her friends got first choice as well.

Well done to those happy and chin up to those no happy. If you are still waiting, then fingers crossed.

crunchbag · 01/03/2013 18:42

We are in Surrey and received email about 2 minutes ago.

DC got second choice as expected.

ByTheWay1 · 01/03/2013 18:42

All the kids at DD's school got first choice.