Is it too early to start a 2016 girls 11+ W/SW London thread?

Shirleycantbe, that is exactly how I feel! Also added horror of others she knows getting through to interview and not her.. Feels like my 10 year old needs to be superhuman to get into one of these schools!

DYAC - "dd" not "did"

Was anyone else's did at WHS today? Without giving specifics, dd thought the NVR was ok but the VR was hard. She enjoyed the creative task

We are - feels like the numbers are against us though. Almost to the point of wondering why we are putting DD through it...

DD is doing the Latymer exam tomorrow. Fingers crossed it goes well as she seemed to think that her last one (G&L) wasn't great. Good luck to all those taking it tomorrow.

We did it last year and it was one of the most enjoyable exams for him despite it being our aspirational one! It was very well organised and overall not as difficult as he was expecting (it was his last exam and he went in thinking he had nothing to lose so was fairly relaxed ... he got in so must have done ok!!).

Good luck - hope your DC does well.

Anyone reving up for Latymer tomorrow?

My DS is at emanuel. There is about 110 in his year split over 5 classes - 20 of these were hill form (year 6 coming up) this year they added an extra year 6 class so 40 coming up and I believe they are not increasing the year 7 intake - they want to encourage people to join earlier. Initially when we were applying they said they'd offer about 250 but that might have changed. But I know people who weren't offered a place otherwise it would be daft to make everyone sit an exam!

Emanuel has fewer places to offer this year as they have created another Y6 form (Hill Form). They are not increasing the size of school but taking more into Y6 (10+) and less into Y7.

I think Latymer had over 1000 last year as well. I understand they didn't go to wait list at all (at least a friend of mines DD was told she was at the top of the wait list but didn't get an offer). Either they got it exactly right in terms of numbers and all who they expected to accept did or they ended up with too many accepted offers.

Mad!

You have to remember lots of the kids are sitting 4-6 schools

Thanks minoula. It all feels so out of my DD's reach at the moment! Trying to keep positive but all the odds seem so impossible! The consortium 2 exam seems to have been trickier than ever and so many children sitting these exams...

Hi Crazy - when Dd sat 2 years ago it was 1200 for 120 places. They called back 450 for interview. Think there is more pressure on the boys places as far fewer options in the area for boys at 11 plus.

Does anyone know what the numbers are like for Latymer this year and if always more boys than girls? Not feeling very hopeful!

Well it's what the registrar said to me - this was at the start of Dec. Perhaps it was only the extra places he was referring to - ie not those coming up from the lower school.

So that would leave significant numbers of applicants not getting offers.

Emanuel always used to be boy heavy, but they aim for 50/50 and in the last few years have achieved it.

Do they have a 50/50 girl boy ratio quota system or do they just offer to best candidates?

Emanuel typically have about 120-125 in year7, and have about 40 coming up from their year6. So 80-85 places.

So my guess (stress this is a guess) is that they'll offer on their usual ratio (whatever that is) for the lower figure of 75 because the level of acceptances is increasing, and they were worried they had over-offered last year.

If 75 is the 'break even' point, they have a cushion if acceptance rate remains as high as last year.

Emanuel website says they expect to offer 75 places

Interesting shirleycantbe that you think emanuel offers 6-1 only 600 are allowed to sit the exam for 105 places so in your mind everyone gets a place! Not much point in having an exam then! 40 come up from year 6 now leaving 65 places - less than half get offered a place and I know that from several people I knew last year getting no offer from them. It used to be the easier option but not anymore.

Thanks Gozogozo and Mertonmama that's really helpful.
Last question - do they still offer any non-academic scholarships to those on the waitlist?

I would imagine that of the 500 who sat most will be be sitting for at least 3 schools - and some for more. We sat 3 but know of people who did 5+

Of those who get offers to SHS a significant proportion will get other offers (LEH, PHS, WHS, G&L etc). Many won't, therefore, take SHS even if offered. I seem to recall that last year the SHS wait list moved very quickly.

So the numbers are much better than you think.

Crikey, really that many sat it?
Do they just offer out 110 places and waitlist a % of rest, or offer many more assuming that most girls have applied to more than 1 school?
How many schools do people apply to on average? We only applied for 2!

500 sat the exam, 150 places in y7 & 40 reserved for junior school, so 110 places.

Does anyone know how many girls sat the Surbiton High exam this year? And how many classes they will have in yr7 in Sept 2016?
Also, how many girls are in the SHS prep yr6 and likely to go straight on to the senior school?
Our DD sat the exam this week and has her heart set on going there.
Trying to work out what the odds are!!