Grey Coat Hospital?

Hello,
GCH looks amazing, I know how hard it is to get in! If asked, how is this school different to other ?? I know it’s beautiful, great teaching, good senco dept. But what is it makes it the school for your child? Can anyone help please

Ok thanks. That's useful information.

From what I gathered from my daughter the test is pretty much the same. Its verbal reasoning.

Hi there,

I remember doing the language aptitude test. However, I’m not sure if it was the one. The test was set in an exam hall, which all of the candidates was given a weird piece of paper that had the Martian language text. There was another piece of paper or text that had the Martian alphabet. The aim was to decipher the text and translate it to English. This was really bizarre. I got into the school because I was a local to the area.

Hi exstudent, did you do the language aptitude test? What was it like?

Hi everyone on this thread,

I was an ex student of GCH from 2010-2015. If there is any questions you would like to ask about the school, I would be very happy to give you an unbiased answer.

Thank you,

ExStudentOfGCH

For those that have been through the process already...
am I correct in thinking that the language aptitude test is basically a verbal reasoning test?

*Aptitude test!

I am jealous! GCH was our favourite school but we live too far and my daughter failed the language altitude test :( but I Know someone whose daughter got a language place and is loving it! Good luck whatever you decide but it is an amazing opportunity (and free!). We had a similar dilemma and decided for state (Catholic, but would have preferred GCH even though further, vs Putney - didn’t apply to g&l as daughter did not like it)

Hi
Great news on GCH! Have you decided yet?

Wow what a week! My DD got offered the GCH language place which we were over the moon with and then out of the blue Godolphin & Latymer has offered her a place too! What to do??? She set the 11+ and made the waiting list..,just never thought an actual place would come up.

My DD is on 3 waiting lists but GCH is our favourite so yes making it clear that we will accept the offer if she is fortunate enough to be offered a place😊

Thank you so much Jazz😊 You have been most helpful.

I should have added: I know someone whose was offered a place two days into the start of term. The parents accepted and took her out of her then school despite being hit with a terms' fees.

Then hang on in there. There's always a lot of movement at this stage of the process as parents decide whether to accept or reject offers. That movement also applies to waiting lists.
Is time of the essence? You could make clear to GCH that you wish to remain on the waiting list AND that you would definately accept an offer made at any time, even if
you're forced meanwhile to accept a place at another school ( you don't want DD to be without a school in September).

Thank you for your kind replies. My DD is number 3 on the list.

Where is she on the waiting list?

Someone I know got offerred a place after she have started at another school from the waiting list or perhaps it was just before school started but she was alerady committed fiinancially and happy to go to an independent school. Can't be sure of the exact timing sorry.

Hello,
My DD is on the language scholarship waitlist for Grey Coats School. We really want her to go to this school! Does anyone have any experience of their girls getting into Grey Coats of the language waitlist? Feeling super anxious. Thank you!

Jazz I completely understand your preference for dining facilities - I share them. However, there's more important things to consider when looking at secondaries, and, as some wise person once told me "there's no such thing as a perfect school!".

Lunch time, is according to DD, very chatty and civilised - and we've got to the point where DD makes her own lunch about half the time (which I can just about cope with).

I was talking about LMS

I have visited St M and was rather surprised that they didn't have a dining room or canteen.
Dining facilities preferred because 1. Burden of preparing a packed lunch will fall on me 2. And more importantly, there's much to be said for the girls enjoying a cooked meal together.
DD, like others in her class, currently brings in a daily snack for first break. That has at times created all manner of problems that wouldn't exist if, for example, the school provided that snack. I suppose I could anticipate similar issues arising if she was fortunate in being offered a place at St M next year.
What is the emphasis on at GCH? Is music etc significantly different to that offered at St M?

I wonder if the mini Cameron is still there now papa is no longer running the country?

I know that GreyCoat's ex Deputy Head is now at the other cofe Girls school in SW London. Valliantly trying to put things right.

GreyCoat stayed loyal to its church roots. The other one has a lot of ground to recover having lost them.

Lovely parallel though with a senior Grey taking over there and turning it round.

GCH is a terrific school, but has a different emphasis than St. Marylebone (where DD goes). If you want music, drama and arts, then St. M is for you. Why are you curious about dining facilities? St. M doesn't have them - they eat lunch in their form room, or outside if it's nice weather.

Any recent experiences of /thoughts on GCH?
Curious as to whether they have dining facilities.
And what sort of emphasis is placed on music, drama, arts? Is it the same as Marylebone High School, the other school it seems to be compared to.