What happens if you dont get any offers for 11plus in independent schools around the south east

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Little worried as we didnt apply to many schools

Kiiiiind of sounds like you don't do selective independent either lol, if you haven't been offered any.
Oh dear.

Yes you’re right. Apart from your use of the word ‘barely’ 😆

List the schools you apply and maybe MN can give suggestions for other private schools nearby or with bus routes easy to get to? Apply late to state after checking the options.

The difficulty is that no Grammar/Private school anywhere has an obligation to accept a child. State MUST find you a place and if you haven't previously applied, it could be anywhere. Surely some state schools would be more acceptable to you than others?

Have you actually been turned down by all the schools for which you applied, or are you just worried that your DC may have performed significantly less well in academic assessments and / or interviews than you expected / hoped?

'Around the South East' is such a broad geographical area, and probably the part of the country with the greatest concentration of fee-paying schools, that there will probably be a few somewhere not already overburdened with applicants, which will accept a late entrant.

Ensuring that your DC is provided with a suitable education is your responsibility, though. Asking your local authority to find a place for them in a state school, taking your expressed preferences into account (albeit with no obligation to offer a specific preferred school, or any listed at all, if none ranks your DC high enough against its published oversubscription criteria) is one way that you can achieve this, but if you insist on not 'doing state', then your other options are, as others have said, to find an independent school which will offer your DC a place, or to organise home education.

I thought private schools were on their knees following the VAT thing?

Gosh, you are remarkably ignorant of the options for a parent who has paid for their child to go through private prep school. One might almost say unbelievably so....

private schools are weeping for kids - entrance requirements at most of them are collapsing - don't worry, your money will be welcomed at plenty of schools...

Clear troll post.

Yes, parents who send their kids to private schools really are that arrogant and stupid that they dont apply to state schools as backup and have no idea about waiting lists and contacting schools directly. 🙄 yawn, try harder labour party activist.

Well, I thought ‘We don’t do state’ was hilarious.

You send your child to state school? But I’m pretty sure you could find a private school with spaces. Maybe not the sort you were hoping for, though.

Why are you dignifying this low effort troll with responses?

Then you needed to apply to more private schools.

Is that you, Catherine?

If it is, you might be able to get places for your 3 within easy distance of your new home. Grove Academy - All Through School - Slough

Taking this at face value (...) do a late application NOW for state and then you will at least have that in your back pocket if you need to trawl for other private schools once results of 11+ tests are out

Have you applied to Greyfriars? Arnold House and Dotheboys are too far north.

Try [email protected] and see if they can magic up a place for you.

Move them to a prep that goes up to year 8, then try again.

So sad that's not a real link 😀

@mimbleandlittlemy ,did you try it?

Of course I did!

Muggle household, but optimistic that an owl will turn up soon.

Obviously a wind up thread. The OP’s grasp of English and comprehension is shocking. Either a typical upper class thick as mince type, or new money, pop star, only fans type!

If you applied for state schools and don’t get one of the ones you applied for you’ll likely be allocated any that are not fully subscribed, hence it’s usually an error not to fill all 6 spots on the form.

Unfortunately, in the UK, if you don’t get in then children are forced down the pit with a paraffin lamp and a Canary.