Just received Warks letter which states wait lists for grammar schools not open until March 12th. Only non-selective schools waiting lists open from today. So no positions / numbers yet IMOH.

I'm afraid to say when errors were made last year and places finally allocated correctly. Those at the lower end of the spectrum did have their places withdrawn.

My niece is one who should have a place, but this will be at the expense of some other poor child.

Hello
Does any one know if we will get a letter from Warwickshire with explanation of our score vs AQS etc as previous years?
We are Solihull so have seen decision on line but wondered if will get something in writing as have no access to Warwick on-line system.
Thanks

... just seen mention of letter above so ignore me and will wait for postie tomorrow.

The Council will start to have an idea how many issues there are.

If somebody clearly needs to be offered a place, they will make the offer. This will take the school over PAN and the admission authority (not the Council) needs to decide what to do.

They can wait for declines to come in, which will take the school back down to PAN, meaning less re-offers, or they can withdraw places. Unfortunately, a student with a withdrawn offer will not necessarily go to the top of the waiting list, as they might find themselves behind late applicants.

It is technically possible in a selective school not to offer up to PAN if there are not enough children of the appropriate ability. Bit that's not an issue here so no places will have been 'held back'.

Yes you are correct, but that is still only 2 schools, you seem to be trying to find things panic about, relax and celebrate!

Yes I am just too anxious, yes it is time to celebrate with DD.
Thanks!

Should I not pop the cork just yet then? In Eastern circle for LSS offer but on low end!

Do the old hands think that this years cock ups are typical in nature and in number, or is this a special kind of low?

Typical in nature - possibly a few more than in other years in Warks .

The errors always seem to be around cross county transfers (but not necessarily Warks's fault) or where people when you press say "oh well there was s slight issue with our proof of address" or "well they marked us as late but then said we weren't", so when you unpick it a bit you can see why there is a problem, even if there shouldn't be.

As numbers of applicants increase and start to come from further afield then it's unsurprising that there are errors.