thanks for that. Yes, I had feared it would be the case. I have little hope of getting in this year anyway, but have applied all the same, because you never know (and there have been extenuating circumstances for my lack of experience).
Yeah, hardly seen any PGDE posts, where do they all hide instead? Strathclyde have come out and said they will automatically reject anyone that doesn't put them first choice! Harsh I thought, though maybe it's actually just them being more honest, as you intimated.