Winchester College Sixth form entrance

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eduneering · 16/12/2011 12:16

Dear Mums.

A boy is sitting the Sixth form entrance exam in WinCol. He's currently in a day inde school and has been doing good. Previous papers are available, but simply doesn't know how deep knowledge the WinCol expect, especially in subjects with essays. Are they generally within secondary schools' curriculum? All I could say is to read newspapers for the current issues in the world.

Suggestions or experience would be appreciated.

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TalkinPeace2 · 18/12/2011 17:01

highly selective will ALWAYS have a better average than less so
but whether they actually get better results out of the bright kids is moot point
and darned hard to test in the UK

DameHannah · 18/12/2011 16:58

Just looked at the two websites (freely available to all who can be bothered to look) Winchester College results are significantly better than PS. The OP obviously does have the money or she wouldn't be asking about it.

TalkinPeace2 · 18/12/2011 16:25

You are right,
PS is a crap choice for those who have a spare £31,350 after tax per year

academically and sports wise I suspect there is not much between them in the upper sets at PS

DameHannah · 18/12/2011 09:39

Rubbish friend DS is at Winchester College when I hear what goes on there Im so impressed so much better than what PS offer.

TalkinPeace2 · 16/12/2011 17:00

Board at PS
www.psc.ac.uk/sfc/boarding/
they are the 6th form college for the Falkland Islands after all !

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eduneering · 16/12/2011 16:23

I've got the similar impression to PS.

The parents are looking for termly bording school as they plan to work abroad. At their DS's age, it'd be ackward to move together.

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tardisjumper · 16/12/2011 15:46

I went to Peter Symonds and would say the same!

TalkinPeace2 · 16/12/2011 15:45

personally I'd opt for Peter Symonds!

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