Indie/ rejected offer/ asking which school we accepted

[coldpotato]

As I spoke to school tgat we would not accept offer 11 plus, they asked which school we accepted so that they keep a record. Is it a standard procedure?

is there any harm in answering? I am sure you can refuse but they just want to keep tabs on where they come in the local pecking order of schools. I imagine that if a large number of those they offer to choose school X instead, they will want to find out what school X is doing differently and see if they can learn from that.

I would imagine so.

It helps them to work out how many offers to make in future years, and if they are consistently losing out to the same school, it might help them to figure out whether they need to make some changes somewhere in the school.

But if you don't want to tell them, then don't.

Completely normal- they want to know who their competitors are so they can pitch for similar children to yours more appropriately in future.

Absolutely standard IME.

It's just to help with their algorithm so they can work out how many offers will be accepted/rejected in future, they ask everyone and won't take your answer personally

Yes, as above. They thanked me for letting them know and wished us well

They may well have originally asked where else you were applying to and this confirms the ultimate choice.

Very standard. Was it Emanuel by any chance?

Yes, standard. They were polite in asking and I didn’t mind telling them.