honeyb35 Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 I was told by members of staff at secondary schools that the closing date for applications to secondary schools was october 31st......just gone onto the website and its not! It was 17th! I haven't applied for a place for my daughter and I'm a bit worried now. She's been trying to decide where she wanted to go and had just settled on one. Luckily its our catchment school so I'm hoping it will be ok, but what happens if she doesn't get in there? I can't believe how narrow they make the window to do it - she literally had one of the open evenings at the end of september, so thats given her just two weeks to make one of the biggest decisions of her young life!
dawny1970 Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 at the end of the day, you should be finding the info out months ago and guiding her based upon what school is going to be best for her, not what one she wants to go to and leaving her to decide at the last minute
honeyb35 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Posted October 29, 2011 I don't get to choose when the schools have their open day? And I did help her, but its got to be her decision at the end of the day, not mine!
dawny1970 Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 we had this with my daughter, her mother chose 1 school that had terrible exam results going back years, i looked up months in advance and pushed her to a much better school and she is so glad i did now as she loves the school
honeyb35 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Posted October 29, 2011 she had 2 she was interested in, one had slightly better exam results but she chose the other due to excellent facilities in an area she's interested in. I just hope she gets in there as its our catchment. If she didn't and ended up in the other one thats fine too, I just don't want her going halfway across the city!
Lucy-Lastic Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 :S I'm suprised that you were not contacted by the admissions team at the council - they contacted people who had forgotton to submit by the 17th (and the primary school that the child attends at the mo). Give them a call on Monday to see if there is anything you can do now.
honeyb35 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Posted October 29, 2011 I've just emailed them, will try ringing next week as well. I did have a reminder letter, but I swear it said the 31st on it! Just trying to find where I put it to ensure I'm not going senile!
honeyb35 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Posted October 29, 2011 Found it!! The letter says the closing date is the 31st!!
Lucy-Lastic Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 Phew - I thought it was the 31st too:) Good luck!
honeyb35 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Posted October 29, 2011 Feel a bit better now! Thought I'd got really forgetful! Hopefully I can fill in the paper one and drop it in on monday, seeing as I can't do it online!
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