Well, if you would really want your DC to go to a grammar school, should they have done well enough, you put the grammar school (or two) at the top of your preferences, then rank your non-selective preferences. Much like you would do had you known that your DC had gone okay, but not necessarily well enough to get in to the grammar school.
And it's how we used to do it, in some areas until a decade or less ago. The CSSE was one of the last to move their exam forward to September, for the 2013 entry. You just have to try to be sensible with the way you rank your preferences.
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