Secondary school admissions AGGGGHHHHHH Updated 28/3

[DisneyJo]

Well I've been off-line all day making a huge puddle of tears and I've said more swear words today than in my whole life! I finally got Jess's school allocation on-line after an hour of it crashing and lets just say it was not on my list of 3 choices and is the worst school in the area. She did not pass her 11 plus! I was obviously incredibly upset about this and she will definately not be going there. I phoned the school to be told the headmistress was not available until Tuesday pm So this made me even angrier! I then found out from other parents that they were in the same position so felt a little better although Private school was still high on the agenda!(no WDW trips though or any eating ) I tell poor Jessica after school and she is in hysterics never wanting to go to school again etc. The phone then rings and it is the head wanting to see me asap as the test was in 3 parts and you had to pass all of them. Well she tells me that Jess scored really high in 2 and just missed out on her maths and she will support an appeal to our first choice Grammar school She also has booked me in to see her at 8.15am tomorrow (so what happened to only tues pm ) to start our line of attack. I feel so much better now although it will be a good 2 months before we know the appeal but at least there's light at the end of the tunnel now!

Sorry but I just needed to vent, at least I'm not crying anymore

 

[mumloveseeyore]

can only sympathise, im still waiting for the letter hope it works out for all of us in the same boat. Gill

 

[Queenie]

Good luck to you, I remember being terrified when I was at the 11+ stage. I was lucky and passed but I would have been devastated if I hadn't. I'm sure your daughter will pass her maths test when she takes it again, now the time to start practising hard!

 

[BRobson]

Oh Jo sending you a . I hope this all works out for you all. We dont have that problem up here. When it is DDs time to go to Secondary school we will have one school in our town as they are merging our High School and Academy into one super school .

Sending you lots of . I am sure all will be well.

 

[Minniespal]

Sending you a

Hope things work out well for you

 

[natalielongstaff]

oh jo im so sorry ! i hope your appeal is succsessful

 

[KayleeUK]

Fingers crossed for your appeal

 

[kristieuk]

I can only imagine how stressful this must be for you. We all want the best for our children, and it must be a crushing blow when you are confronted with less than that. I feel it is such a shame the way school admissions are becoming as much a postcode lottery as the NHS, and that more and more people are opting to pay privately for a service you would hope to get anyway.

Sorry for ranting - I just hope your appeal is successful. Sending lots of

 

[wils]

Sounds like a nightmare. I hope your appeal is successful

 

[fizz13]

So sorry Jo, she sounds like a clever girl really, so hope this can be sorted for her, i have a neighbour who was anxiously waiting for news today about her son, and luckily it worked out for them, but sometimes it feels like a lottery, sending big

 

[arieljasmine]

Oh Jo, what an awful day you've had. Sending you lots of and and hoping that it all works out in the end. Keep us posted.

ArielJasmine

 

[mandymouse]

Aww Jo, it sounds like you've had an emotional day, I hope everything works out for your DD

 

[DisneyJo]

Thanks so much everyone, why is nothing ever easy? Hopefully the Head will help tomorrow. Trouble is Jessica is a very sweet naive 10 year old and that's how I would like her to stay. If I send her to the allocated school she will get eaten alive

 

[Lisash]

I've spent all day trying to log on to find out DS's but the system was in meltdown. I gave up and phoned them at 4.30 this afternoon to find out if we would get them by letter as well as I couldn't access the internet and she told me over the phone anyway! We have been lucky enough to get our chosen school. I really feel for you. Good luck with the appeal. Sending you lots of

 

[Booknut]

I hope you get good news after all this, it sounds so stressful!

You'd think the government would step up and improve all the other schools so that people wouldn't have to worry about which school their kid goes to.

 

[sharon78]

I know how you feel, I was in the same sort of situation last year.My DD didnt pass her 11+. I was so worried about her going to secondry school. They seem to grow up so quick. My DD goes to an all girls school,so that made me feel a bit better. I must admit 5 months on she's doing really well and made some nice new friends, they get to know who to stay away from and who not to look at.
Im sure she'll be fine and settle into a new school. I hope you get your situation sorted and that she gets a place at a school that you think is suitable.

 

[Chilly]

Sending you lots of & I hope the appeal goes well. Keeping everything crossed for you.

 

[Spook]

Sending lots of Fingers crossed for a successful outcome

Jan

 

[saratogagirl]

sending you a big hug

 

[Lizzy Lemon]

Not sure if its any help but this subject was being talked about last week on the Jeremy Vine lunchtime show (radio 2) it gave advice about what to do with appeals, maybe it can be downloaded if you are interested.