Appeal, Waiting lists and late applications
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:58 pm
Hopefully this will be of help to various people (and if I't got any of the following wrong I'm sure someone will shout):
So wary that the clock is ticking - you need to submit your response to any place offered by the 9th March. General thought is it's best to accept the place you have been offered (otherwise you could end up with nothing), and then try to appeal/ask to go on a waiting list.
The usual assumption is that you are trying get on the waiting list of a school you originally put higher etc - however there are some other options:
Ask to go on a waiting list of a school that you didn't originally list - even if that is a Grammar school that you didn't originally share results with (you have to meet whatever they set as their "qualifying standard" to get on the list, and it's probably best to get advice from the specific school if you want to try this).
Ask to go on a waiting list of one (or more) of the Grammar schools if you missed the original test for some reason (illness, moved from out of area etc), and arrange to take the "late test" (Submit the waiting list form by the 9th, and then register for the test - between 13th and 16th March, and then take the test on the 19th March).
With all of the above I'd recommend talking to Gloucester Admissions to make sure you get the right form filled in etc.
Hope that is of some help.
So wary that the clock is ticking - you need to submit your response to any place offered by the 9th March. General thought is it's best to accept the place you have been offered (otherwise you could end up with nothing), and then try to appeal/ask to go on a waiting list.
The usual assumption is that you are trying get on the waiting list of a school you originally put higher etc - however there are some other options:
Ask to go on a waiting list of a school that you didn't originally list - even if that is a Grammar school that you didn't originally share results with (you have to meet whatever they set as their "qualifying standard" to get on the list, and it's probably best to get advice from the specific school if you want to try this).
Ask to go on a waiting list of one (or more) of the Grammar schools if you missed the original test for some reason (illness, moved from out of area etc), and arrange to take the "late test" (Submit the waiting list form by the 9th, and then register for the test - between 13th and 16th March, and then take the test on the 19th March).
With all of the above I'd recommend talking to Gloucester Admissions to make sure you get the right form filled in etc.
Hope that is of some help.