Kent waitlist

[merv124]

If a child goes on a kent waitlist and a place is eventually offered would you have to accept or can they keep original school given?

[Sorrel]

Hi, check on the Kent website but I don't think there's any obligation to accept the new school, you can decide if/ when you get another offer.

[Eb12080]

No, the only way that you lose your current school place is by contacting them to tell them you have been offered elsewhere. You can potentially have two places at once - but I wouldn’t advise as there will be people waiting for the space to free up

[hermanmunster]

It is worth checking locally as a couple of LEAs assume that if you are on the WL for school A then school A is what you want and if they offer you a place they will remove the place at school B and give it to someone else - I don't know about Kent so best to check

[vinc]

I asked the same question at the Bromley council and they answered: "In this instance, you can accept the new school offer or decline it to retain your original school offer"