Tiffin stage 1

For years people have been pushing their children beyond normality in order to gain a place at Tiffin.

Fact is that the majority of those that apply are Asian.

Fact is that about half of the boys at the school have declared that English is their second language.

Fact is that there is hardly a white face to be seen in the playground if you walk by at break time or lunch time.

Just facts that's all.

Thanks titchy. Is there another Clapham Junction? The only one I know measures c. 10.6km in a straight line to Tiffin School, and trains from there take min 19 minutes so door to door in 20 mins would be impressive! Facts. Straight. Please.

Again: Which station out of interest is 10 miles from Kingston and is a 20 minute journey?

Sorry about the terrible typing. I obviously went to a rubbish school.

I would like to share my Tiffin experience, especially for those who did not make the cut. My first experience was Tiffin Girls two years. Convinced DD is bright and capable and a driven competitive personality who would flourish at Tiffin, we embarked on the tutoring. She did not make the cut. I was devasted. al my hopes for her education cam crashing down, and I cried.

This year: Tiffin boy. We made the cut with a comfortable cushion between DS score and the cut off. And I was at least as happy as I was disappointed two years ago.

Today, DD is at the The Green School in Isleworth. She is happy. Her grades at the end of year 7 ranged from good to great. WE have no complaints. So I just want to say that going to Tiffin Girls was not everything. And I am perfectly happy with her progress at The Green School.

It's not the end of the world. It really isn't. I hope this is helpful because if you are feeling linked I did two years ago I know its not a nice place.

I only painted the reality that no, 196 was not a good score as it is below halfway and with c1800 sitting the exam that would mean at least 1000 place if not lower.

And to caveat, the cohort of 1800 are not all bright, there are plenty sitting it not knowing how hard it is to get in or sitting it as a mock etc etc.

In our case DS1 sat it previously as a mock / get used to exam conditions etc and finished well in the top half despite being only top 1/3rd at primary school. He did fine in the Jan exams but did need to work hard and up his game for those.

Clapham junction. 20 mins, 8 miles, 13 km.

It's a densely populated area, served by a multitude of buses and trains. You hardly have to a tiger parent and shove your pfb out the door at 5.30 each morning to battle their way to school.

And there are plenty of white tiger parents, and plenty of south East Asian parents who aren't tigers.

So 'Tiger Parenting' ? Look it up if you haven't heard of it. Certainly a different way of thinking compared with the norm.

Which station out of interest is 10 miles from Kingston and is a 20 minute journey?

@ tiggytape - yes I completly agree with you!

Its just so rude to read that 'the asians...dont think like normal people'.

Every parent and child puts in tremendous effort for these exams - its a huge emotional rollercoaster, and yes whilst 196 is below Tiffins required mark - it still a very good effort for the parent and child concerned.

14km is about 10 miles - would take about 20 mins door to door on the train for me

@ Waitingandhoping2015

'the Asians' - what a really rude and thoughtless comment from you.

The mean mark is set to 100 for each exam so if he got less than 100 in an exam then he got a below average mark. He wasn't much below though.

DS just made the cutoff.

People on the 11+ forum are asking about their out of catchment chances. It astonishes me that anyone thinks there is any possibility that Tiffin won't be able to find 180 bright boys within a 14km radius of the school.

My son got 216, just missed out by a gnat's whisker!