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

[MsIngaFewmarbles]

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?

It's working now. Unsurprisingly DS1 got our first choice (just about everyone else at his school will have too). I've accepted it and now I can get back to being scatty and useless.

No word here, grumble grumble.

"and now I can get back to being scatty and useless" Arbitrary

Enfield don't let us know until 7PM - I mean that's just EVIL!!!

I feel bad for the admissions people. Today is probably their joint worst day of the year (with primary admissions day). Stress, stress, stress. From every quarter.

Sorry to all those who have to wait until this evening. That seems unnecessarily mean but I suspect it's so they come out after the staff have gone home for the weekend (and can't take any calls).

I bet you're right Arbitary - I wonder if it's because Enfield has the most annoying parents, so they've chosen them to go last so they CAN'T ring and complain!

*Arbitrary (dope)

Being the most annoying parents in the country would be quite an accolade for the people of Enfield. In comparison, those LEAs who released the offers at midnight have set themselves up for a day of phone calls from frantic parents.

I'm sure it's busy day for them Arbitrary but I find it frustrating that they don't seem to get the basics right - so for example with us there were no details of how to accept and when my friend explored webpage to try to do this she got what I can only assume is an old message (from last year) saying that the response was too late ! Crazy !
So, if they get that sort of thing wrong they'll have lots of otherwise happy families phoning in on top of those that are not happy with what they've been offered wanting to enquire about how to appeal etc.
IMHO They have the rest of the year to prepare for days like this !
I have no sympathy with the authorities !
Enfield are cowards, but I kinda admire their thinking

dd got her 1st choice grammar school, so made up for her
Well done to all those who got the school they wanted and I hope those who didnt didnt get what they wanted get through via waiting lists

Well, yes, they are actually making the day more stressful for everyone (themselves included) by setting things up incorrectly. Other than putting the link in the wrong section of the web page (which doesn't really matter as there was a link in the email that went out about a minute before the online admissions site went live), my LEA have done well.

I think they have quite a low proportion of disappointed parents in comparison to other LEAs round the country though, so their day shouldn't be too dreadful. There are always some people who don't get any of their choices everywhere, but here you'd only end up with a school you didn't choose because you haven't been at all realistic. Whereas elsewhere in the country I think you can be totally realistic and still not get a place because everything is just so oversubscribed.

It doesn't offer me a way to accept the decision on the web page. Will that be sent by email?

Yay! DD got a place at the grammar school, so pleased.

I had the same experience MissMogwi, and assume the same as you, that things will become clearer later when they send out the emails.
Would be nice if web pages included more of this sort of information wouldn't it ?
They don't seem very clued up generally for this end of the process, for example web-pages still referring to applications now being closed, and very little mention of offers eg would be available to see after midnight or whatever.

DD got the girls grammar which was our first choice. We are delighted, she will be less so

We got first choice, have to write to the school to confirm our acceptance of a place. :)

You're right Juggling. Even if it just said what would happen next, at least we'd know.

I'm assuming the much talked of email or letter will explain further!

DD1 got her first choice, hurrah. :)

Still waiting here, email should land about 4.30pm...eeekkkk scary stuff. Half convinced we will get first choice and half not, one minute i think will be ok next minute I panic!!!

anyone else still waiting?

DD's in first choice school so we can relax now. Have texted her - she might be able to sneak a look at her mobile when the teacher isn't looking at lunchtime...

My friend said glitch on our website was now fixed, but when I tried to log in find it's now closed. But at least we do know we've been offered a place (glad I checked early whilst it was open), just proving slightly tricky to accept it ATM

Waiting patiently but in London so anyone's guess as to what time email will arrive! Good luck to everyone.

@tiggytape - how is it that u get no sibling priority for dc2? Was ds1 school selective?

OK feeling a lot luckier, my friend applied for the same schools as we did but with a boys equivalent and wasn't offered any of them