was 460m the last place offered at Goodrich last year in first round or the last place?

[hellosailor]

Sorry to be SO dull?

..But we're considering moving and have found the info that the last place offered at Goodrich last year was 460m, does anyone know if this was in the first round of offers, or was this the furthest distance that a child eventually got in from on the waiting list even after the shake down etc?

thanks for any help!

I can feel my blood pressure rising even having to think about this..gah.

[simonethebeaver]

The distances are always first round. Our neighbour lost out by 8m last year! They did get offered a place in the first week of term eventually.

[Norfolkvillas]

Yes, this distance based on first round offers. I suspect it was my next door but one neighbour in fact. Completely unscientifically, I am expecting Goodrich catchment to be slightly bigger this year, as they bulged a while back and I think last year and the year before would have borne the brunt of a higher number of places going to siblings.

[hellosailor]

thanks all

xx

[Renata Hamvas]

Hi, to confirm this is first round. Be aware that this figure can vary significantly from year to year, both upwards and downwards!

Renata

[jollymummy]

Hi HS,

Two friends of mine who live at the bottom of Rydedale near Peckham Rye were both offered a place at Goodrich this year two weeks before the start of term.

[Belle]

Yes, think that may have been us! But others further away got offered places later on (not many though, from what I've heard). I'd have thought with the new school (s?) opening this year may not be as crazy as last year?

[simonethebeaver]

My neighbour started off first on the waiting list and then went down to tenth, before being offered the place after the term started. Just to give you an idea of the movement.

[srisky]

Have those that are offered places so close to the start of term, or even after, been offered place elsewhere in the first round that they have rejected? If not, it must be pretty stressful waiting for a place to come up so close to the start of term & even worse if the term has already started.

[hellosailor]

thanks for info, do others reckon Norfolkvillas is right in thinking catchment may expand for Sept '15 a bit due to it having been a couple of years since bulge (is that right it's been a couple of years?)

I assume goodrich isn't bulging this year??? gawd.

simonethebeaver, how does a kid start as first in waiting list and then go down to tenth?? forgive all the questions!

Belle, what's the furthest road you know of where a kid got in? thanks!

[BeccaL]

Goodrich bulged 5 years ago - daughter is in bulge year which is now year 4. Don't know if they're bulging this year - haven't heard anything yet but it's usually not down to the school but to Southwark...

[simonethebeaver]

You can go down the waiting list as people who live closer to the school move in and push you further back. As Jollymummy's friends were offered their places ahead of my neighbour, logically they would have been above her on the list so must have moved in after January?

There's a great map that someone on here produced showing the catchments from last year for most primary schools round here. I would also have thought though that the new school openings/expansions will cause a bit of easing of some of the existing distances.

[jollymummy]

To clarify, my friends didn't move into the 'catchment' area after January, they were already there and applied before the January closing date. They were quite a bit down the waiting list when first round offers were made but moved up.

[etta166]

Souhwark offered every on-time applicant a school place last year, so yes, if people were on the waiting list then they would have been offered another school place already. It would just be one that they didn't want, although they might have accepted it. Accepting an offer (for a lower preferenceschool) doesn't take you off the waiting list for your higher preference schools.

[simonethebeaver]

That's odd then, Jollymummy, as your friends seem to have leapfrogged my neighbour.