Has anyone been offered an independent school place after rejection letter?

[Eighthour]

Have heard of one instance of this happening before, surprisingly with a very academic school.

Our son has had no offers (and we are unlikely to get a nearby state school on 1st March) so I'm weighing up whether I should continue to call around Admissions Departments or am I wasting everyone's time?

They have Waiting List to offer before they even consider offering further down the list.

The feedback I've had so far is that he has a spiky profile with brilliant results interviews and NVR but English in particular lets him down.

Has anyone had this happen and if so at which schools? We are SW London.

Ww have been advised 13+ waiting lists don’t really move. I think there’s a much longer acceptance period and boys can be left in limbo all through year 7 and 8. Has anyone been through this?

Have you looked at Thames Christian College? It sounds like your child might have a learning difficulty if they have a spiky profile and they're very good with those.

Did you apply for 11+ or deferred 13+ entry?

It’ll be waste of time & not necessarily a good thing for your DC.

Was that comment referring to WLs? When is the acceptance date for 13+ and what factors are influencing movement?

13+ places aren't committed until year 8. Some pupils may have more than one offer and keep both until then. Do any of your rejections offer a direct 13+ entry process in year 8? It is only worth staying in year 7/8 if there are realistic options still open to your dc and they can work on the weaker areas. Presumably you need to give notice at Easter for a September move so time for an alternative to come up is limited.

St John's applications were 8:1 last year vs Epsom 3.5:1 although Epsom would have been considered more "academic", if that helps OP.

Thank you @LIZS . So we really need a firm 13+ offer before the end of term.

How would you stack Reeds up against Epsom and St John’s @elevenplusmum22 ?

How much weight do we think prep heads have if DC hasn’t made the exam scores they need?

Influence really depends how close the results were. If they are very out of step with those already offered it seems unlikely to change the situation. What else can your dc bring to a school (strong rugby player may trump weaker academics for example) but presumably you would have already mentioned that. Tbh I would be very surprised if they changed to a wl or offer at this stage unless he significantly underperformed his potential, and several rejections suggest it was not just a bad day. Heads find out results before parents , so they could have stepped in sooner if they really felt it was unreasonable not to even wl.

Sorry @Eighthour I've only just seen your reply. Did you get it sorted? Fingers crossed.

Reed's is tricky as a lot sit it as a back up for RGS particularly as ISEB so it skews the results/offers a little vs the acceptance but I have heard the WL has moved if that's the one you were on?