Secondary School Admissions 2021

[peacockfeather11]

Hi - not sure if there is a thread on this. First time for me applying for secondary school and feel so lost.
School hasn't sent anything out and doesn't seem to be any meetings set up. Banding tests have been moved out. I don't have a school that my dd can get into easily (or at least a v good one).

@Nat1103

Hi new to here. Ive totally messed up my childs application to 2nd school applied but now we are having 2nd thoughts and want the 2nd choice to be the first. Totally messed up with this due to not seeing any schools. Now we havebeen offered a school 21 miles away which is a very good school which we put down as forst choice i had some wonderful idea thats he could get the bus and was going to the best school and we got offered a place but want her to go to school just 2 miles down the road. I know its a preference my preference has changed due to covid being at home for 11 weeks i dont really want her sat on a bus for 10 hours a week that costs 1000 a year which i am going to struggle to afford now due to loss of work through the pandemic. Please be kind.

Call your local authority and ask to go on the waiting list for your second choice school that's all you can do and see what happens.

21 miles is a very long way - what were you thinking ?

I kmow i know. Well children travel all over cumbria to attend this school 21 miles away from where we live and beyond this for other children. Place i used to work everyday for 4 years of my life making that journey Secondry schools are hard to come by good ones where i live.

Is it possible to add schools after submitting the application before the 31st of October?

Yes you can amend online before midnight of the 31st.