How to move to Six Form

OnePrius · 2024-03-04T12:24:29+00:00

Hello My DS is planning moving from one independent school to another new independent school from Sep 2024 for Six Form. Currently we have received the conditional offer and new Six Form school has GCSE requirement. If DS failed, he should have to stay existing one . How can we inform the existing school. Are they/independent school happy to let DS to stay? Anyone has experience before ? Truly Thanks!

usernamedifferent · 04/03/2024 12:53

I suspect that if you are planning on him leaving his current school you will have to give notice by Easter (it’s usually a full term’s notice).

So then if DS doesn’t get the grades for the new school you are in a difficult position as you’ve given up his place at his current school.

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OnePrius · 04/03/2024 13:50

usernamedifferent · 04/03/2024 12:53

I suspect that if you are planning on him leaving his current school you will have to give notice by Easter (it’s usually a full term’s notice).

So then if DS doesn’t get the grades for the new school you are in a difficult position as you’ve given up his place at his current school.

'if DS doesn’t get the grades for the new school you are in a difficult position as you’ve given up his place at his current school.' That is exactly we are worried. So how normally people handing about this situation?

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Seeline · 04/03/2024 14:08

My DD did this. The school she was at required lower grade requirements than the one she wanted to move to. We were confident she would get the lower grades, but not necessarily the higher ones. We were able to give provisional notice to her existing school. If she made the higher grades she could leave without us having to pay a further term's fees at her existing school, but they would have let her stay for 6th form if she only achieved the lower grades.

It's worth enquiring as to the process they operate.

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OnePrius · 04/03/2024 14:16

Seeline · 04/03/2024 14:08

My DD did this. The school she was at required lower grade requirements than the one she wanted to move to. We were confident she would get the lower grades, but not necessarily the higher ones. We were able to give provisional notice to her existing school. If she made the higher grades she could leave without us having to pay a further term's fees at her existing school, but they would have let her stay for 6th form if she only achieved the lower grades.

It's worth enquiring as to the process they operate.

Truly Thanks! I need to ask if our DS' school is willing to do this process or we have to pay..

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usernamedifferent · 04/03/2024 14:45

You’ll have to ask the school as clearly they all operate differently. I know ours has a waiting list for sixth form places so they wouldn’t ‘hold’ a place for anyone.

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OnePrius · 04/03/2024 14:48

usernamedifferent · 04/03/2024 14:45

You’ll have to ask the school as clearly they all operate differently. I know ours has a waiting list for sixth form places so they wouldn’t ‘hold’ a place for anyone.

Ok , Understand what you mean. Will ask school. Thanks so much.

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OnePrius · 04/03/2024 14:53

usernamedifferent · 04/03/2024 14:45

You’ll have to ask the school as clearly they all operate differently. I know ours has a waiting list for sixth form places so they wouldn’t ‘hold’ a place for anyone.

Can I ask how do your school student move to Six Form places? The student lost place if they did not get higher score to go to other school?

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usernamedifferent · 04/03/2024 15:01

They have a system where you need a certain total if you add up the GCSE grades to stay on. Anyone in danger of not making that total is spoken to after year 11 mocks to highlight it. They have until Easter to withdraw if they make the decision to go elsewhere as it’s a risk as to whether or not they will get the total. If they decide to stay and risk it but don’t get the total they can leave without having to pay a terms fees (as the school is essentially making them leave), but in your situation it’s the other way round and you would only stay if you didn’t get the grades for the other place. In our school you’d have to keep your place and withdraw on results day, but pay a terms fees until Christmas unless at the school’s discretion they let you go without doing that.

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OnePrius · 04/03/2024 15:08

usernamedifferent · 04/03/2024 15:01

They have a system where you need a certain total if you add up the GCSE grades to stay on. Anyone in danger of not making that total is spoken to after year 11 mocks to highlight it. They have until Easter to withdraw if they make the decision to go elsewhere as it’s a risk as to whether or not they will get the total. If they decide to stay and risk it but don’t get the total they can leave without having to pay a terms fees (as the school is essentially making them leave), but in your situation it’s the other way round and you would only stay if you didn’t get the grades for the other place. In our school you’d have to keep your place and withdraw on results day, but pay a terms fees until Christmas unless at the school’s discretion they let you go without doing that.

Truly truly thanks for all above info.

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