To anyone holding onto school places after acccepting indies
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not good from the school's point of view either, almost every year we had at least one child who didn't turn up on first day. When we chased it up the parent would glibly say.."oh, we went decided to send him to 'xyz' instead"
. Not only was it holding a place. Class lists, sen registers, mark books, class registers, books and pencils etc had all been done.
. Not only was it holding a place. Class lists, sen registers, mark books, class registers, books and pencils etc had all been done.
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Thank you charl39 for creating this thread!!
Splishy, Can I ask which state school you turned down?? There maybe a thread on the Hertfordshire forum which could be updated which would help parents who are on the CI list fo the school.
Thank you.
Lets hope that we get some more responses which will in turn help so many of us on waiting lists.
Many thanks.
xx
Splishy, Can I ask which state school you turned down?? There maybe a thread on the Hertfordshire forum which could be updated which would help parents who are on the CI list fo the school.
Thank you.
Lets hope that we get some more responses which will in turn help so many of us on waiting lists.
Many thanks.
xx
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I was very loathe to accept our state school place, but we are on the reserve list for our Indie, and could well end up with no place anywhere (decent) at all. I gave it a lot of thought but couldn't risk it, in case we don't hear from the Indie.
It's horrible not knowing exactly where my DS will be going, and I'm constantly thinking about that phone call that may never come.
Should we be offered the indie place, I will be straight on to the appropriate department to turn down our state school. I can't believe anyone would hold on to more than one place for longer than is absolutely necessary.
I feel we, too, are dangling on a thread whilst others make up their minds. It's not a comfortable position to be in.
It's horrible not knowing exactly where my DS will be going, and I'm constantly thinking about that phone call that may never come.
Should we be offered the indie place, I will be straight on to the appropriate department to turn down our state school. I can't believe anyone would hold on to more than one place for longer than is absolutely necessary.
I feel we, too, are dangling on a thread whilst others make up their minds. It's not a comfortable position to be in.
Suey12,
I couldn't agree more, it's a horrible place to be
Like you I'm holding a state place whilst waiting on a list for indie
And I guess we're also holding that indie place too, as we have an offer but are on bursary wait list
I think someone is probably waiting on our indie place, but I doubt anyone is waiting on our state one . Only the likeihood that we'd just get the next sink comp which is even further away made me take it
I couldn't agree more, it's a horrible place to be
Like you I'm holding a state place whilst waiting on a list for indie
And I guess we're also holding that indie place too, as we have an offer but are on bursary wait list
I think someone is probably waiting on our indie place, but I doubt anyone is waiting on our state one . Only the likeihood that we'd just get the next sink comp which is even further away made me take it
Re: To anyone holding onto school places after acccepting in
So if you have made your choice and paid your deposit, or if you are still wondering what to do, if you decide to choose an independent then please do let the other school know that you no longer want a place. It is the polite thing to do and would help the waiting lists move quicker and reduce a lot of anguish for children over the coming 5/6 months.
Just to reiterate my previous message! It's a nervy time for many families at the moment awaiting important offers.
Charl39