Changing School Preference after 31st October is possible

[Ejf]

I’ve just had a really interesting email exchange with Warwickshire admissions. I explained I hadn’t been able to see a school due to Covid restrictions however the school were planning an open day in November. I asked whether I could change my preferences on the CAF after 31st October if we liked/ disliked the school when we visited in November.

Admissions says whilst we couldn’t add any schools (this would be considered as late) we could remove schools after 31st October and this would not have any detriment to overall application.

Therefore if you can’t decide between school A and B but rank A 1st and B 2nd. If in November/December you change your mind and want B, you simply remove A, and B becomes first choice.

I thought I’d share here as I had no awareness of this previously and might really help some people like us who haven’t been able to visit all of the schools they would like.

[scary mum]

Anyone reading this should note that this may not be the case in other areas, please check with your local authority.

[ToadMum]

Anyone reading this should note that this may not be the case in other areas, please check with your local authority.

Yes, I would second that - I suspect it may be a case of asking the admissions team if they can do it, because merely going back in, amending your application and resubmitting (which you would have to do) may trigger a change of status to 'late'?

[ric1982]

Instead of removing it, do they allow simply to change the order/rank? So for e.g. swap 4 <-> 3 ?

[hermanmunster]

Instead of removing it, do they allow simply to change the order/rank? So for e.g. swap 4 <-> 3 ?

you would need to check with them, I suspect they would be happy to delete a school but swapping (possibly done multiple times) could get complicated and open to error