Yes, they have bulged schools late in the day. When they bulged Heber that's exactly what happened. They have predicted a need and put some extra classes in, but depending on the no of applications, they may well negotiate further classes Put the schools in the order you want There is no benefit to being 'tactucal' It changed when they dropped the priority for 'closest community school' (e Where failing to put that school first meant some children didn't get any offer at all within ED