London Oratory v Cardinal Vaughn - which do I put first on application ???

[Dani1]

We live in west London and are Catholics. DS is in Yr6, and we're about to apply for school for next year through the local council. Our two main choices are London Oratory and Cardinal Vaughn - but I don't know if either of them will consider DS if we don't put the school as first option.

What I mean is, suppose we put London Oratory first - does that mean if we don't get a place there (which frankly is very likely) Cardinal Vaughn won't consider us because we didn't put them first?

I feel like I'm going around in circles - as have asked both schools and they are being vague and/or non-responsive.

Any help or views would be really appreciated.

I agree. I think the name of the poster you are referring to was different, although the rhetoric and the jargon used are very similar. Blair's sons are probably parents by now and Clegg's offspring is no longer there either. Besides, from what I understand LOS has a relatively new head, therefore this particular case study is outdated.

However, I must admit that I find it hard to believe that, providing your son falls firmly within the top ranks of oversubscription criteria, all have equal chances.

Sorry, my previous post was meant to be a reply to PerfectlyStill.😊

It is not an accident of fate when one same school of more than 30,000 in the UK has had the misadventure of being ordered by the authorities of at least three times to have their admissions policy rewritten over the years. Here are two of them:

The Independent (29 Aug 2013)
www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/top-catholic-school-told-to-halt-admissions-preference-over-parents-service-in-church-community-8790181.html

Evening Standard (20 Jun 2015)
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-oratory-school-told-to-revise-admissions-policy-after-inspectors-find-it-ranked-baby-baptisms-of-prospective-pupils-10334046.html