Selection at non-selective???
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:00 pm
Does anyone know what the procedure should be if you think a non-selective school might be applying a selection process? I was at one of the schools on our list this week, specifically chosen because we wanted a couple of non-selectives amongst our preferences as a fall-back, and something the head said - the audience was perhaps a little broader based than he thought - made the alarm bells ring. I don't have any evidence, and I may simply be reading too much into his choice of words.
It's complicated by the fact that I'm 99% certain from what he was saying that our son won't be offered a place there. If I do choose to report it, would it be best to do it now before official notification, or after that, or after March when we have whatever offer we get (which I sincerely hope is higher on the list than this one because it's the last one on our list)? I don't want it to look like sour grapes - while I like the school, I'm in two minds about whether it would be remotely appropriate for our son (and if what I think might be happening is happening, I'm 100% sure it wouldn't be!).
Sorry for the rambling, I'm finding this a bit worrisome. Any advice, anyone?
Mike
It's complicated by the fact that I'm 99% certain from what he was saying that our son won't be offered a place there. If I do choose to report it, would it be best to do it now before official notification, or after that, or after March when we have whatever offer we get (which I sincerely hope is higher on the list than this one because it's the last one on our list)? I don't want it to look like sour grapes - while I like the school, I'm in two minds about whether it would be remotely appropriate for our son (and if what I think might be happening is happening, I'm 100% sure it wouldn't be!).
Sorry for the rambling, I'm finding this a bit worrisome. Any advice, anyone?
Mike