Allocation day 2019 discussion board
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I've just read through the breakdown of offers for non-selective schools on the WCC website for Rugby, and it looks like there are 350+ kids on the waiting list, with all schools at PAN (except Bilton - 3 places available). Anyone know what happens to these children? Do schools go over PAN? All non-selectives in Rugby, except Bilton, have waiting lists.
It looks as though it's a large cohort - are these children offered schools outside the area? Just wondering how it works really!
It looks as though it's a large cohort - are these children offered schools outside the area? Just wondering how it works really!
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Yes, if you listed them above the school you were allocated on your CAF, and you are eligible (ie have met the minimum score to sit on the w/l)Mumofgirls wrote:Is it possible to be on two grammar school waiting lists at the same time?
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We only listed one of them as didn’t think her score would be anywhere near enough for SGGS but as the marks are much lower this year she has enough to go on the waiting list. Is it possible to also get added to this waiting list after national offer day even if it wasn’t listed on the CAF? Thank you.kenyancowgirl wrote:Yes, if you listed them above the school you were allocated on your CAF, and you are eligible (ie have met the minimum score to sit on the w/l)Mumofgirls wrote:Is it possible to be on two grammar school waiting lists at the same time?
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Like it or not, there are people doing this. Know someone this year got a place at RHS through this route, even though the family hasn't really moved into the new address and the girl is still attending out of county school, but the Admissions accepted their proof of address. I don't think it's right but it's the admissions office gave these people such loophole to take advantage over less fortunate families.kenyancowgirl wrote:Really? So be it? So address fraud is OK in your eyes if people are prepared to buy a home? And - no - people with wealth to buy a home or rent a home for the exact period of time to get on a school list, often are NOT the sort of people who will pay to go private - but will game the system so that nothing else changes in their world, except their child gets a school place, fraudulently ahead of a child who should have got it and did NOTHING wrong.fiacore wrote:Sure there might be some folk out there who will buy a second home just to game the system, but frankly if they're prepared to go to those lengths so be it. I suspect there wouldn't be - I'd have thought anyone with that degree of spare wealth is probably sending their kids private anyway or they'd just move to the second property in sufficient time.purplelilacs wrote:Reading back through some of the older threads where people were discussing issues even receiving the requests for proof of address let alone confirmations that it had been received and was in order; I can't help thinking that is going to have played a part.
Address fraud to gain a school place - or any other fraud to gain a school place is completely wrong, dishonest and should be stamped out. Yes the proof of address is a little clunky but far better that than fraud.