Dancing.shoes

Anyone heard anymore about mds?!

im getting worried about everything! Not sure whether to tell local authority that she’s not going to school here or not! 

I think there’s another meeting planned for boarders, so anyone that wasn’t sent the link for this one may want to ask for that link if they’re boarding. 
funding wasn’t mentioned at yesterdays meeting, other than they’d check with finance office! 
 

Is anyone starting at Hammond in September doing any summer intensives? I was meaning to book onto Hammond summer one, but see it’s full now! Oops!

would be nice to see if anyone may meet each other before sept at any other intensives? X

Has anyone heard anything else this week re. Funding? X

Had a letter to say there has delays with the funding, but to fill out boarding forms. Hoping to hear something soon. 

Looking back - I see it’s not the mds forms I’ve filled out, but Hammond financial forms. I’m still very confused about everything! 
I guess if the mds offer comes back as still being unaffordable, people will hand them back? Hard to know until it comes though! 

2 hours ago, Somerdance said:

My daughter is also starting in September! 
we had a call offering MDS funding a couple of weeks ago after being offered a place early Feb. 
 

I think unless it’s been mentioned at audition or initial offer (a friend of ours was offered MDS funding on the day) I would assume it’s an unfunded place. 

All children are on a list and considered I believe. There is always a lot of movement so don’t give up hope! 
 

@Dancing.shoes have you had any paper work re: the MDS? How long did it take to come through after the MDS offer?

 

we’re still waiting for the official stuff and getting twitchy! 

Congrats to your daughter! We had mds forms attached to our offer email and had 3 days to return them. 
not heard anything since then though, so don’t know what our contribution will be or when we will hear more. I don’t even know what it covers - hoping for more info asap! 

Communication has been as promised with us. Don’t want to make anyone else feel worse that they haven’t heard yet, but hopefully some other than me have had good communication. 
we were told on the audition day that she was offered a place, 2 weeks later official email offering MDS, personal replies to emails I have sent and then email this week to invite to zoom call. 
please don’t think I’m rubbing any one’s noses in it - just wanted to put a positive experience out there as if there are others like me, I felt a bit anxious that the school has got a lot of negative comments. Starting to worry about sending my daughter there! 
looking forward to seeing who else is starting in September! 
 

5 hours ago, Taximum said:

We did. Heard nothing at all as yet!

Have you tried emailing/calling? You’d think you’d have heard something by now. They said 2 weeks to hear. Maybe worth chasing it up? You must be pulling your hair out waiting! 

Did anyone here audition on the 6th March? 

I had to pay registration fee and send all paper work back by last Friday, so hopefully people are hearing more this week? 

Do you know when the deadline for applications is for summer school please? We’re not sure if we can commit to those dates until the middle of April! 

11 hours ago, Taximum said:

Do they tell you even if you don’t get offered a place? We’ve not heard anything at all since the audition nearly 3 weeks ago 😬

Our audition was the same day as yours and we got our official acceptance on Tues. hopefully you’ll hear today to save another weekend of anxiety! I wonder (and there’s no factual knowledge on this), whether they offer certain amounts of places and wait for yes/no to see how many left there are to do second round of offers? No idea, but may be why some people hear before others? That said - it doesn’t seem like many have heard from them yet?

hope you hear soon! 

Has anyone heard any more about sept entry? 

Has anyone else had news about Hammond entry in September? 

Thanks. That’s really helpful. And reassuring. 

1 hour ago, Jewel said:

Provisional usually means as long as you are entitled to it eg you earn within the means tested income and qualify on residence/nationality etc basis.

On the basis that I’m poor, I can only assume I’ll qualify!!!!! Thankyou for clarifying! I wasn’t sure if it meant something like ‘if there’s anything left in the pot, you may get it!’ 

17 minutes ago, Taximum said:

No idea about the funding, but well done to DD! We're still waiting to hear if there's a place...

 

Hopefully you’ll hear soon. We only just got the email. Auditioned on the 6th March. 

DD has been offered a place with provisional MDS funding. Does that mean it is funded for definite?

Yes for us too! She’ll be chuffed when I pick her up! Anyone got any experience who’s had a will be year 7 doing the course? Wondering what to expect! 

I’d best start talking my daughter down then! Seems exceptionally hard that 10 year olds have been told by the school they’ll be there in September, then us parents have to say no to the kids that have let themselves get carried away. At least I can start prepping her for bad news now. (Whilst keeping everything crossed for her!)

1 hour ago, Exhausteddancemum said:

 

As far as I could work out they did both - kept some children behind & sent others home. Of those they kept (about 7-8) I think on our day they then called them in 1 by 1. The first few were offered MDS funded places, the last group were offered immediate places but no funding offer. Just a wait for a letter funding. 

Crikey! So some people were told explicitly that they would be offered funding there and then?! 
I was hoping being offered a place on same day of auditions would mean a funded place. Hopefully letters will come out soon! 
 

Did they offer a place with funding on the same day as auditions? Or just a place with no mention of funding? 

Thanks! How much did you want for it and is it in good condition please? Thanks! 

If anyone is selling any part of uniform to fit a tall 10 year old, we’re looking at anything available! Thankyou!