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We didn't get any of our 6 choices and allocated a school that I am disappointed with. I emailed Southwark and got a speedy response. We basically have no chance except for one school for which we are VERY high on the list. I am going to contact the school tomorrow though to double confirm our position
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Remember that those applying for private schools will also have applied for the state schools, so don?t despair quite yet. I think the private schools offered last week, so those pupils will now need to decline their state offer.
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Yeah there will be alot of movement so fingers crossed. We are in the 100s and 200s for the other schools on our list so really banking on the one that we have a high position for. I know a few people who have gotten 5th or 6th choice
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Indie1399 Wrote:

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> We didn't get any of our 6 choices and allocated a

> school that I am disappointed with. I emailed

> Southwark and got a speedy response. We basically

> have no chance except for one school for which we

> are VERY high on the list. I am going to contact

> the school tomorrow though to double confirm our

> position



We got our 3rd choice - fairly happy but means the catchment at the moment for our 1st choice is tiny! Did Southwark tell you where on the waiting list you are? If so I?ll drop them an email.

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Catchments are getting smaller, at this rate it will be 2m to either charter, and you?ve got to wonder where are all these children coming from? I think Southwark must be very grateful to all the private schools around them since they take so many children off their hands!


Also, I wonder why southwark schools don?t do like other boroughs, where a percentage of the places are for primaries in the surrounding areas.


I suspect rentals around the charters are a booming industry!

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DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote:

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> I?m 503m as the crow flies or 593m according to a

> postcode to postcode website from Charter East

> which was the only school I put on the application

> since it?s the closest.


I assume you?ve been offered a place at that distance?

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Monkey hi! (Secondary school warrior friend)

I believe the distance they publish is the March distance not the September distance




Monkey Wrote:







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> NorthDulMum, the distance Charter states on its

> website is the furthest place allocated as of

> September. The March distance will be much

> smaller.

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Hihi - i had a long chat last year with the Charter North admissions officer who explained that they use the September post-shakedown figure because the initial March catchment is so small and not representative of the true furthest place allocated etc... But perhaps they?ve changed how they do things.
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We?ve also missed out on our first choice of ED Charter, live just under 800m away. I am hearing through friends about families who own houses further afield in East Dulwich renting nearer to the school to get in. This is all hearsay at the moment so don't know if it's true or not but if my son misses out on a place due to this happening I will be furious! Does anyone know do the school or Southwark council investigate / do checks for admissions cheats?
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