clashcityrocker

Thank you for all your responses, that's a great help.

Hi I hope the forum can help me clarify the school admissions policies and regarding the list of preferences on the CAF form. By the end of the month we need to complete the CAF form for secondary school admission. There are 6 choices that you can make in the order of preference 1-6. My understanding is that these are just 'preferences' but you can be allocated any school, so not necessarily one on your list. Is that correct? The only criteria we have for entrance is by distance/or catchment so there are no siblings, special needs etc. to be taken into the account. Of course, I understand that each school may have a slightly different entrance criteria but I feel we are in a grey area of what is our closest school. My next question relates to Kingsdale. I know they have scholarships for Music and Sport and separately that you have to take a banding test in November/December and then its 'lottery'. If we were to put Kingsdale 2nd,3rd or 4th on our list would our child still be invited to take the test and be entered into the lottery selection? 4th and final question for now! If you were given your 3rd preference on your list, do you get to go on the school waiting list for your first and second preference or is it just the 1st preference? Many thanks in advance

Hi Does anyone know of any Summer Camps/workshops/Sports Schools that are still running after the bank holiday on August 27th. Many thanks in advance for any help