Arses - we're abroad when entrance exams are taking place

[whycantwegoonasthree]

Eldest daughter will be doing 11+ entrance exams in the coming months. Turns out the exams for her top two choices are incredibly early in January - and we're still away (Canada). Holiday has been booked since January.

I'm trying to get hold of the admissions teams to find out if there's a way around this, but are we just fucked, do you think?

It's our big/only family holiday this year – her school doesn't go back until the following week - so we never expected an exam on the bloody 4th Jan.

Anyone know if schools typically offer alternate dates?

ARSE.

I’ve just remembered you from a thread last year on secondary schools. Anyway, I started a SW London indies and grammars thread, if you’re interested.

Here

You shouldn’t have said anything, and said she was ill, and got an alternative date.

@loublee unlikely they'd have provided an extra date at the last minute.

@lobluee - doesn't always work. We had a nightmare last year as dc was sent home ill from 1st choice school exam & invited back on reserve day (published date and offered to others in advance as there was a clash with another school). But the reserve was the same day as back up school exam, so had to miss that. Did manage to get another date eventually but was a major hassle and not expected as they said there wasn't one. Late sitting meant we missed scholarships at back up.But did get an offer but got one from 1st choice as well, so went with that. Felt v guilty for all the time back up had taken to organise the second sitting. Dc only sat with one other dc- had an examiner to themselves. Can only think DC had a fantastic school reference, which is why they reconsidered. Not at prep, so was down to us to reorg everything.

My son took his Pre-prep entrance exam (year 2) at a British Council abroad. The Pre-prep actually suggested it as we were living abroad at the time.