choceyes wrote:
My DS started year 7 this year at a grammar. Once he passed the 11+ and since we were well within the catchment of his school of preference, unless there was an administrative error we were all confident that he would get a place. When they allocate a place on 1st of March, you are sent an acceptance letter which you have to fill in and send it to the school within a couple of weeks. I can't remember if proof of address was needed at that point. I think it was later on in the summer....the school required us to include proof of address when returning a welcome pack I think...but I might be wrong.
I think if you pass the test and live within catchment, you can stop worrying. My daughter sat it this year, and as she has sibling priority, if she passes, she is almost guaranteed a place.
Good luck!
This is so useful, no one has been able to offer a proper timeline. I wish your daughter good luck!
Can I ask you a little further? Would you mind just trying to recall if you sent address proof in march with allocation preference, or in the summer? Or was it just a welcome pack received in the summer?
that would mean that i can be sure of what's happening in the summer, and set expectations all around.