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Sutton, Wallington,Wilsons Test 1 Results

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sleeplessofsurrey · 25/09/2013 08:36

I suppose we will have an idea of how our ds did, but if you're like me I have no idea whether he will be 'eligible' given the numbers across the centres. Would also be interested to know if the maths really was easier than he though it would be, whether this will mean that the younger children will have an advantage with the scores standardised or does this make no difference. My ds is a spring bday. Does anyone know how many boys actually took it as apparently there were lots of girls at Greenshaw but also some boys there too? Roll on tomorrow. Hope they release the results at the same time.

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Ladymuck · 23/10/2013 16:13

Willemdefoeismine, it takes more than an hour to get me comatoseWine.

MrsSteptoe, perhaps we should arrange the South London secondary admissions "celebration" for April...As I've pointed out to ds, whatever happens he will be going to school next year!

Willemdefoeismine · 23/10/2013 16:09

So results are out? Good news I hope to everyone...

Do you actually think that this two tier system has worked - one can't help but feel very sorry for the DCs who got thro' the first round but not the second??? I would say more stressful than the 'old' system really?

At least you can all get on with the CAF forms - the stakes might be upped for the SGS second round exam though, don't you think?

Ladymuck · 23/10/2013 16:05

Wine worked though.
586 out 714 who sat passed the test.
Whilst commiserations are due to the 128 who now have to change their CAFs, given that there are only 120 places available, I'd be intrigued to know how much impact this has had on the Round 1 ranking?! This seems to have been a fairly expensive exercise.

Willemdefoeismine · 23/10/2013 15:59

Must be difficult concentrating on the essay though if you are constantly checking emails....

I'd give the wine another hour, Ladymuck - just in case you are comatose when the email arrives!

MrsSteptoe · 23/10/2013 15:50

I'd love to go out, but unfortunately I;ve also got an essay to submit tomorrow so I'm tied to the laptop. That's partly why the misery: I can't go out and do something else. HUHHHH.... OK, misery is relative. I have a job, I have a roof over my head, I have a healthy son. Onwards.

Ladymuck · 23/10/2013 15:48

How early can one open the wine...
I still have a paragraph on a SIF to fill in to make me sound as crucial to the local church as possible. Perhaps I should get DS to do it.

Willemdefoeismine · 23/10/2013 15:27

I would suggest going on a restorative run/walk in the Autumnal sunshine - but without phones or other tech gadgets...the email will then come in your absence...

The problem is that a watched pot never boils...;-(.

I really, really hope that they put you out of your misery today though....

MrsSteptoe · 23/10/2013 15:10

Willemdefoeismine No. Don't care. Just want results. *looks for cat to kick

MrsSteptoe · 23/10/2013 15:09

No, I noticed that, Ladymuck. Next April can't come soon enough for me.

Willemdefoeismine · 23/10/2013 15:08

I feel your pain.... :-( We were in the same situation two years ago...

Frustrating but I guess you'd rather they got the results correct than hurry and not do so!

Bijlee · 23/10/2013 15:04

Oh! I have given up hope for today!

Ladymuck · 23/10/2013 14:54

Arguably they also have less to mark than Wilson's given the relative length of the English paper. Though Ds finished Wilson's rather early and asked whether he could read his book...

Whilst I think that the independents do seem to take a more sympathetic view to assessing (giving marks for showing working in maths, and allowing creativity in writing), a look through the Whitgift-Trinity threads of the last few years indicates that the waiting process is no kinderGrin.

MrsSteptoe · 23/10/2013 14:46

Grump. Grump. Grump. Grumpitty grump.

Bijlee · 23/10/2013 14:38

shaq - We are Session B too, come in by 11.15am

Dibbleofficer · 23/10/2013 14:28

Slightly shambolic I would have to say. Maybe the kids can use this one about their homework?

MrsSteptoe · 23/10/2013 14:16

Latest from WCGS: they are hoping to get them out today but it's not definite. Not quite the same message as yesterday, then, when it was "it could be today [i.e. yesterday], but if not it'll be tomorrow [i.e. today]."

Yesterday I was quite sympathetic but today I'm really hacked off. If Wilson's can turn them around in ten days, it seems pretty shabby that WCGS need twice as long.

Dibbleofficer · 23/10/2013 14:13

This is a totally ridiculous delay from Wallington GS and reflects very poorly on them.

shaq · 23/10/2013 12:19

Thanks MrsSteptoe,

Yes, I've got the Sutton mail now, Session B.

I can go back to worrying about WCGS now! Smile

MrsSteptoe · 23/10/2013 11:54

He's apparently in Session A, shaq, so it may well be that they're just doing the emails in batches according to the session you've been given. One worry at a time!

shaq · 23/10/2013 11:49

I've not had an email from Sutton yet - I'm hoping that it will be coming soon!

I don't recall ever refreshing my email so frequently!

MrsSteptoe · 23/10/2013 11:31

Sutton Grammar are clearly deliberately out to taunt those of us waiting anxiously for WCGS results. Email sitting in inbox re second stage exam on 16/11. Heart stopped. Followed by unprintable language.

shaq · 23/10/2013 11:26

Thanks Bijlee, LadyMuck!

That puts my mind at ease a little...

March seems like such a long time away... Sad

tiggytape · 23/10/2013 09:58

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Dibbleofficer · 23/10/2013 09:55

Have parents got a view on the relative merits of Wilson's vs WCGS. The new head at Wally's impressed.

MrsSteptoe · 23/10/2013 09:49

Ladymuck: mc?

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