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

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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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MyChildDoesntNeedSleep · 28/02/2013 16:08

Ellen that's good news. There is no facility for us to log on to anything here.

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JugglingFromHereToThere · 28/02/2013 16:10

Did someone (a while back) mention lemon drizzle cake ?

I hope it's not all gone, but you saved a piece for me !

I'm a bit twitchy and nervous as waiting for news for DS ( and had my crazy panicky dream last night - the one I always have !) - hoping he will get a place at DD's great (secondary) school.

Am quite excited as he should have a good chance being a sibling for one thing .... but did I fill everything out right, have checked on-line and all seems present and correct ?

Need tea Brew and cake ! Or stronger Wine Grin

Hope my sister's little girl gets the school they want for her too - she'll be starting school in September.

Good luck to all !

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EllenJaneisstillnotmyname · 28/02/2013 16:12

Just hoping it doesn't crash with everyone logging in at once!

My DSs are with their dad tonight and he's taking them to school tomorrow. We aren't on speaking terms, unfortunately, but if I get the news early enough then I'll want to let DS3 know. Maybe I'll hang around the school gate in disguise...

Obviously I'll let their dad know at some point tomorrow.

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Snorbs · 28/02/2013 16:21

I'm starting to get a bit twitchy about this. If DD doesn't get the one that she really wants then the realistic alternatives are simultaneously mediocre and miles away. It should all go the way she wants but you can't help but worry, can you?

Our local council is saying that the allocations will be available "late evening on 1 March". I hope it's earlier.

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JugglingFromHereToThere · 28/02/2013 16:34

DS now saying I'm not to look without him Confused I think they'll be on-line from 1am here IIRC. So, not sure what to make of his latest pronouncement, though was thinking of leaving it till early morning/ breakfast anyway - I quite like my sleep !

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neddle · 28/02/2013 17:02

Counting down the hours here - we can log on from 9.30am.
Checked today and the button next to her name has changed from 'view application' to 'view offer', but it was just trasing me, no answer yet.

DD is the only girl in her school to pass 11+, but as we live out of the borough (by 3 houses!) we don't get an automatic place. There's so much guessing involved - it's the first year the school has a year 7 so everything's different. Last year only 6 girls passed and didn't get a place, but who knows for this year?

2nd choice is ok, it's where the vast majority of her school will go on to, but I feel that the grammar is a better fit for her.

Cake please! 16.5hrs to go Confused

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TheWoollybacksWife · 28/02/2013 17:21

I feel your pain...

In the last three years I have waited for
A senior school place (DD2 2010)
A primary school place (DS 2011)
A university place (DD1 2012)

In 2010 the LEA server crashed with the volume of traffic and I had to wait 2 days to find out. Shock

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foxache · 28/02/2013 17:25

I'll be logging on at midnight too, I hope the system can handle us all Grin

Good luck everyone.

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MaureenMLove · 28/02/2013 17:31

Wishing you all lots of luck! My very first post on MN, was about waiting for results for DD. She's 17 now.

Whatever happens, remember your lo's are still very young and there is plenty of time to turn around what you might initially think is the wrong decision.

Luckily DD had the decision we wanted, but plenty didn't. AFAIK, all those now 17 year olds have grown into lovely teenagers, who managed to get exactly where they needed to be in life so far. Smile

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lljkk · 28/02/2013 17:36

I would like it settled. Not too bothered where DD goes but would like to make plans.
Website is fuzzy, implies decisions will be posted (no mention of email) tomorrow afternoon. So might not get letter until Tuesday next week.

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Bati · 28/02/2013 17:59

In cheshire you can log on from 12.30 tonight although they said it will be done in batches so no gaurantee it will be there at 12.30.
I will still be sitting up, will check at 12.30 and then if nothing go to bed, saying that I can see me staying up till it comes through Hmm
One thing that has got me worried is at the moment if I go on to the website there is nothing on there about high school applications and the log in has disappeared
Arrgggghhhh dont know if my nerves can handle this for another few hours

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comfysofas · 28/02/2013 19:00

I have just logged in and it now says i will be told on 2 march 2013...... anyone else got this..... it used to say 1 march 2013

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mankyscotslass · 28/02/2013 21:19

Dh might be more nervous about it than I thought - he has just signed in to see if it was available early on the webpage log in. (it wasn't) Grin

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foxache · 28/02/2013 21:31

Daft question coming...

Our school admissions page says allocations will be visible after midnight on 1st March, this means tonight doesn't it, not midnight Friday? Confused

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SoImpatient80 · 28/02/2013 21:33

Arrrggghhh! I have a nervous knot in my stomach! Tomorrow is going to dddrrraaagggg I just know it!

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SoImpatient80 · 28/02/2013 21:34

foxache yes thats midnight tonight. Midnight friday is the 2nd x

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foxache · 28/02/2013 21:43

Thanks SoImpatient Smile I'll stay up then.

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nipersvest · 28/02/2013 21:48

bati - our log in page had vanished, has just returned with a 'view offer' button.

have now logged in, just says offer will be available to view on the 1st, doesn't say what time.

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androbbob · 28/02/2013 21:50

Ours doesnt say a time grrr..... but tried the on line link yesterday and did nothing, tried it just now and it rumbles on for a bit but a runtime error. So - do I wait up until midnight to see - cant remember from primary school place last year and no other parent from last year can remember - so they are all no use to me! Will see what is on TV!

Really hoping for first choice - DD is uber cool - she forgot it was tomorrow!! (should have kept mouth shut!)

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SoImpatient80 · 28/02/2013 21:53

My daughter just says she wants to know now, shes a bit fed up of all the waiting. Just hope we get her (and ours!) first choice

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RustyBear · 28/02/2013 21:57

I feel sorry for the Year 6 parents in our authority (Wokingham)who have applied online - the council IT system is having massive problems and they have said they "can?t guarantee that you will receive email notification, or be able to view the outcome of your secondary school application online on 1 March."

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SoImpatient80 · 28/02/2013 22:05

Good luck to all those getting their results at midnight or in the morning. We get an email sometime from 4pm tomorrow so am off to bed before I start checking the admissions website 'just in case' lol

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MsIngaFewmarbles · 28/02/2013 22:09

I can't stop peeing Blush

Never going to sleep tonight.

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Bati · 28/02/2013 22:22

Cheshire login is back on website Grin
Just logged in secretly hoping someone had pressed the button and school would be there - no such luck, but at least I remembered my password
Roll on the next few hours
Hope everyone gets the school they want

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androbbob · 28/02/2013 22:29

oooh ours now says 'This webiste will be available on 01/03/13' - 1.5 hours to go!!!

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