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

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orangina · 07/07/2015 11:39

What do we think? DD is sitting 11+ for various consortium schools in January 2016 and I am slightly desperate for a thread to compare notes, pat each others shoulders etc..... I lurked on last years thread, but it didn't start until much later....

Just booking up open day places and filling in my registration forms now.....

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TeddTess · 13/02/2016 12:49

Tunis how do you get from Chiswick to Emmanuel?

Hippo2016 · 13/02/2016 12:23

Tunis do you have other options too? We have one much more local single sex option and emanuel and one other in the middle distance too... Now a tough choice! So also v interested to hear from anyone with girls at DD and how they find it.

KingscoteStaff · 13/02/2016 12:07

Last year I was posting as a mum!

This year I'm posting as a Year Six teacher saying if you are going to return a Putney High offer, please do it ASAP, as I have 3 super girls in my class at the top of the waiting list!

Tunis92 · 13/02/2016 12:01

Hi lottiebear - how happy are you with the school? We really like what we have seen, but take your point on friends and rush hour seriously. We Are in Chiswick and huge range of overland options, but yes they are small to deal with sardine transportation.

lottiebear69 · 13/02/2016 10:36

The good thing is that there are overground and lots of bus connections

Hippo2016 · 13/02/2016 10:00

Hi Tunis. Yes we would be doing that journey for my DD who also got an emanuel offer. It would be from shepherd bush and am quite worried about journey... And all issues about friends and after school stuff etc

lottiebear69 · 13/02/2016 09:44

Hi I have two dc at emanuel from class list most live Clapham battersea Wandsworth Putney barnes Southfields Wimbledon plus a couple Kennington way and 1 in Chiswick! For ease of hanging out in holidays etc obviously easier if they're close by and can get to mates by bus or train easily. They have fixtures on Saturdays and training for rugby if they selected after school 2 days a week til 5 so that hits rush hour trains so many collect their kids by car. Something to consider!

Tunis92 · 13/02/2016 09:29

My DS got Emanuel, so delighted... It will involve overland from west London - any one else likely to be doing the journey?

Crazy2016 · 13/02/2016 09:02

Congrats Argyle that is briliant . Any Emanuel results out there? Interested in how people got on with it this year and whether getting harder and harder.. Have a friend contemplating it for next year. Also do DC travel from west London for it on overland? Or is it still v local? Hope everyone ok!

argyle1234 · 13/02/2016 04:03

A very happy day for DD 3letters have arrived in the mail. Offers from G&L,NHEHS and saint helens. A little girl is very ecstatic finally smiles all round after dissapointment over city and habs results.

mummyinatizz · 12/02/2016 19:16

Congrats to you hopeful123 and clever DD, lovely to get so many offers. Best of luck with the decisions.

hopeful123 · 12/02/2016 19:01

One no, 4 yeas, one of which is a 50percent academic scholarship.
We are thinking between clsg, jags or Schs. Hard not to be swayed by the scholarship.
Good luck to everyone else still waiting-feeling very lucky to even be contemplating these choices- those of us with more than one offer should release them Asap.
Thanks so much for all the support on the thread.

EmpressOfWorry · 12/02/2016 13:53

Well done to those with offers Smile

Unfortunately it was a rejection for DD from Emanuel but she does already have an offer from SWPS which we are all happy with. Just goes to show that there really is a lot of pressure on the SW London schools. I am glad that I don't work in senior school admissions trying to second guess how many other offers the top-placed children are getting!

Good luck to anyone still waiting for exam results (including Tiffin)

Shirleycantbe · 12/02/2016 13:34

Well done Crazy and Ashers DDs and good luck everyone else. Thanks mummyinatizz! We are feeling v lucky!

Gowgirl · 12/02/2016 13:20

I'm now lurking officially I have a DS yr 4 in w London. Do you apply separatley to sit the 11+ , sorry have just moved from an area where it is not used...can someone give me a quick idiots guide please!

Crazy2016 · 12/02/2016 13:15

Good luck to everyone else!

Crazy2016 · 12/02/2016 13:15

My DD got 2 offers, 2 wait list and 2 nos so an even spread and one of offers is the one she really wanted so feeling quite pleased!

mummyinatizz · 12/02/2016 12:54

well done all, esp shirleycantbe - clever DD!

Ashers40 · 12/02/2016 11:32

Well done to your DD Shirley. Is that a clean sweep of offers then? Do you have a favourite in mind? We have an offer from KGS this morning, the last school we were waiting to hear from. I think we know which school we will go for out of the four we applied to. Good luck to everyone else.

Shirleycantbe · 12/02/2016 11:20

Offers from G& L, Latymer and LEH for my DD in the post this morning. Plus a scholarship offer from Putney High last week.

So happy! Hope you all get the offers you are hoping for.

harlowcar · 12/02/2016 10:07

Excellent advice from NWGirls. I echo the waiting list comment - no one knows of even mentions it once your DC starts senior school so no worries about any perceived "stigma". Also the difference between a firm offer and being on a waiting list is so small that your DC won't struggle if they take up an offer. Finally - please release the schools you KNOW you don't want as soon as possible. Get those lists moving. Good luck to everyone.

NWgirls · 12/02/2016 09:48

Good luck to everybody who is waiting for the postman today!

Some of the letters will contain waiting list places. It might be helpful to think about how you deal with those. One mistake (in my opinion) that I have seen some people make in earlier years is to react with strong emotion to "only" getting a waiting list, and suddenly express/develop a strong(er) love for a school that gave a direct offer.

Reacting positively to waiting lists makes sense for several reasons:

  • avoid your DC feeling (unnecessarily) bad, set a good example with your own reaction
  • avoid your "true" school preferences being influenced - if you believe a school is worth waiting for before you got that letter, then why not after?
  • there is still a real chance! Two or three weeks from now, some waiting lists will start moving (and until then it is impossible to predict for a particular school what will happen)
  • there is no stigma attached to coming in off he WL (nobody knows or cares) and unless DC is overtutored is not likely to struggle to keep up
- it might feel like you just want to get it over with today, but if you have an OK back-up plan then a few more weeks of uncertainty is not that bad. You don't have to decide today!
Pradaqueen · 11/02/2016 17:44

Thank you everyone - and best of luck to your DD's! Maybe one of them will invent the new 'Biff and Chip'....it was a happy day when DD became a 'free'reader!!

OVienna · 11/02/2016 13:21

I wish someone had told me how enjoyable this stage would be, back in the days of Biff & Bloody Chip!

Couldn't agree more.

Can't believe we are one sleep until Consortium schools report! It feels like longer than a month that the process started though.

DramaQueen38 · 11/02/2016 11:31

PradaQueen - don't limit your reading list to classics and older books. Also look at modern books. Just throwing out a few ideas very quickly, Wonder, Curious incident of the Dog in the NightTime, Annabel Pitcher books, Katherine Rundell, Eva Ibbotsen, the 100 year old man who climbed out of his window. The Young Adult genre is wonderful right now - my dd and I have a great time reading them simultaneously.

I wish someone had told me how enjoyable this stage would be, back in the days of Biff & Bloody Chip!

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