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Can my DD accept more than one sixth form place?

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harveyluna789 · 27/01/2024 21:02

My DD had an audition for a 6th form performing arts course at a drama school. She has been offered a place and we are thrilled so she has accepted the place. However she is quite academic and has been predicted high GCSE grades so she has also applied to her current school to do three standard A levels but her current school doesn't offer theatre studies A Level so she has also applied to the sixth form college which offers this. So basically she has accepted 3 different places. My friends DD didn't get an offer after her audition for the local drama school and she has sent me a horrible message saying that my DD shouldn't accept a place she may not take as that is taking that place away from other kids.

So Is she only supposed to accept one place? The only problem with this is she has no idea if she will get her predicted grades (hopefully she will) and if she didn't accept the drama school place if her grades were not high enough for A levels she may have lost her space but I can see my friends point of view that if she isn't 100% sure she is going to go there she shouldn't accept the place.

Alot of her friends are just staying at their current school so have just accepted that place and a few are going to the FE college and have accepted that in case they don't get good enough grades for A levels.

I thought you could decide on GCSE results day and feel terrible if she is taking a space from someone else. So can someone clarify if you can accept more than one place or not and if so is it morally wrong?

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StarlightLime · 27/01/2024 21:04

She's fine. Whatever offers she doesn't take up on results day will be opened up whoever's next in the list.

Silverbirchtwo · 27/01/2024 21:06

I would think everything is undecided until she gets her grades I assume the offers depend on grades too? So not guaranteed.

Maxus · 27/01/2024 21:08

It's fine, tell her not to worry. My son has been advised by the careers team to accept all others and only reject the others after he has received his GCSEs and accepted his offer. He is currently undecided about 2 collages and accepted both conditional offers, when his results come in he will decide which one to go for. No it's not morally wrong his is her future.

BoohooWoohoo · 27/01/2024 21:10

The offers are conditional and your dd will free up 2 on results day so she’s not doing anything wrong. It would be nice if her friend had a conditional offer too but if she does well then she might get a spot after exams.

DumpedByText · 27/01/2024 21:22

Nothing wrong with what she's going. They will have a waiting list for the performing arts sixth form, and there will be someone to take her place immediately if she doesn't go.

Tell your friend to mind her own business, it's just sour grapes!

MothralovesGojira · 27/01/2024 22:24

All you are doing is reserving a potential place as they're conditional on results. My DC accepted a place at three different colleges and then made a final decision when they got their results. Colleges need to know how many potential students they may have for each course so that they can plan for the academic year. So no, your child is not 'stealing' a place from another child by accepting multiple places as places are never confirmed until enrolment day in late August.

glusky · 27/01/2024 22:29

Accept as many as she wants now, then register at her choice after results day. Completely normal for sixth form.

I have no idea how the sixth forms cope with the uncertainty with numbers but they do it every year.

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