Moving to independent school mid-term Yr8

[MariaFormosa]

Any advice or experience of similar would be massively appreciated: we would like to move our DD from her state school to an independent school nearby. She has good predicted GCSE grades and excellent behaviour, but has never done any of the indy school exam preparation exams so am guessing she might not be up to the proper Year 9 entrance route, and we are keen to move her as soon as possible if we can.

I happen to know that at least one Yr 8 student has left the school recently, and it's not an 'exceptional' school so I doubt there's a long waiting list for places..I was wondering what would be the best way to approach the school and inquire about a place? I appreciate that schools are businesses so it might seem straightforward just to contact them and ask ... but would there be a particularly persuasive line to take?

Thank you all for any thoughts..

The dcs are in an independt school and there are new starters and leavers all the time so I honestly don't think it'll be a problem.

That said ds is in y9 and that has settled slightly presumably as they gear up for gcses
(assuming they'll be taking them!)

Thank you StealthPolarBear - was hoping so, but you never know ... especially at the moment with a lot of uncertainty. But then that could be in our favour, perhaps?

Approach the school. The worst that could happen is being told no, or being asked to apply for year 9 entrance.