1st choice/2nd choice system

[Gwennie]

My son has come 259 overall, 141 boy in south. I think he'd get into AGS but he would like to have a punt at Kes. If we put kes 1st, and Ags 2nd, and he didn't get Kes, would Ags still consider him? I don't want to gamble with his place. How does it work? Apols if this is a daft question.

[hermanmunster]

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Hi Gwennie


have a look at the link above - if you do not get your first choice then your second choice becomes your first

[Gwennie]

Thank you, that's so helpful. Really appreciate it.

[Lovingmumoftwogirls]

Can anyone tell me if there are only 3 allowable choices for schools in the Coventry CC application form? I have gone online and it has stopped me at three.
I was going to put in three grammar schools for first three choices and state schools thereafter.

I am a bit perplexed as some people have said that they had 6 choices last year. Has it changed this year then? Or do different authorities give different number of choices????

PLEASE HELP !

[Okanagan]

Yes it does vary from area to area - from about 3 to 7. The Coventry form does seem to only have 3 choices.

[Lovingmumoftwogirls]

Yes it does vary from area to area - from about 3 to 7. The Coventry form does seem to only have 3 choices.

Thanks Okanagan. Do you think it is risky to put all three choices as grammar if DD is borderline?

[Okanagan]

Yes. If you don't put one you're sure you'll get down you risk being left with no place. If that happens everyone else's preferences will be filled, and then you'd get offered a place at the nearest school which happens to have spare places - which might well not be one you'd choose, and could be some distance from you.

[Lovingmumoftwogirls]

Yes. If you don't put one you're sure you'll get down you risk being left with no place. If that happens everyone else's preferences will be filled, and then you'd get offered a place at the nearest school which happens to have spare places - which might well not be one you'd choose, and could be some distance from you.

Thank you!