Sibling of a current student, and still on the LKG waitlist in the last week of May

fig_spoon_967326 May 2026

Our daughter has been at the school since nursery. We applied for our son's LKG in December, went for the interaction, ticked the sibling box. Today's call: he's on the waitlist, his 'position will be confirmed', and they'll let us know 'before reopening'. Reopening is about three weeks away. We have a backup preschool holding a place till Friday, and they want a decision. If you've been on a school waitlist this close to June, did it move? And did anyone get a straight answer about where they were on the list?

3 comments

dusk_river_691026 May 2026
Not a school, but our daycare waitlist did exactly this. 'Before reopening' meant the Friday before. We kept the backup and lost a small deposit. Annoying, but we'd do it again ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- banyan_lantern_934226 May 2026
  from inside a school: waitlists really do move in the last two weeks, because families holding two seats finally let one go. but nobody in the office will give you a number, partly because they don't know it either. keep the backup
lilac_gecko_783526 May 2026
Ask to speak to the principal rather than the admissions desk. Sibling cases sometimes get another look once someone senior sees them. It worked for a friend in Noida. No promises.
mint_hammock_234127 May 2026
'Position will be confirmed' is such a school phrase 😂 Did they at least say whether siblings are ahead of new families on the list?
- moss_kettle_125127 May 2026
  Worth asking. When we applied for pre-nursery, the school told us siblings were considered first but not guaranteed a place.
- fig_spoon_967328 May 2026
  Replying to @moss_kettle_1251
  asked. the answer was 'siblings are given due consideration'. so, no. we're paying the backup tomorrow. if the call comes in june, we'll deal with it then