tiffinboys wrote:
As per Schedule 1 of the coordinated admissions scheme, currently
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Sending/receiving of potential offers via PLR to out of
borough LAs to identify single offer
would be in progress.
Its a validation stage, the school checks the application against the criteria, depending on meeting criteria will effectively give position on list
For TGS would include, looked after children?, are they in inner area, are they within outer area, what was test score, was there supplementary info (eg medical etc)
For some schools would be religious criteria (rather than test). Get sub-lists for each criteria band.
What the school will not know yet is if its applicants will meet conditions for a higher ranked school
Only when the computerised allocation is kicked off (sorting everyone for every school), will it leave those who have it as highest ranked school for which they qualify.
Therefore candidate might be (as example) ranked 267 at this stage, but 73 get allocated to higher ranked other schools, so now number 194 for TGS
I have never seen the number of initial offers published, might not be 180, could be something different like 190 (as historically expecting some to decline, say 25). This slightly speeds up the next step as it saves time in not having to offer the first 10 on the waiting list during March as declines come in. It does however tend to mean the first waiting list offers only happen end of March / early April (and this year might slip to after Easter break)
There are plenty of threads from 12, 24, 36 months ago about what happens in March. Initially positions on waiting lists can go up or down (as those with late changes since application date get inserted/removed from lists), consequently positions are not normally given out for about 3 weeks (or included on the March 1st advice) , as people might get upset if they move backwards.