My children are at a local Forest Hill/ Sydenham school, and echo the point made above about lots of parents not always getting round to telling Lewisham they no longer require a place.

My children's Reception teacher gave one example where they turned up for a pre-Reception start 'home visit', and the parent opened the door and said "Oh, I've been meaning to call, he's not taking the place at your school any more, he's got in at X'. So a waste of time for the teacher that day, stress for parents on waiting list, who then all got to bump up a place...

So hang on in there, Reception 2012 parents...