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Emanuel School entrance exam today

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Ginandtonictime · 13/01/2018 16:59

Anyone have a dc who did the 11+ entrance exam today? How did it go? Getting the impression that the current exam season is harder than ever this year ...

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sh1111 · 09/02/2018 12:06

Congrats itschilly and Sakurabashi, that’s great news!

We still await.

itschilly · 09/02/2018 11:59

Yay!!

sakurabashi · 09/02/2018 11:56

I hope you all have good news too. This thread helped me a lot.

EducatingWandsworth · 09/02/2018 11:50

Great news Sakurabashi! Our DC is currently in Hill having done the 10+ last year.

orangeplum · 09/02/2018 11:49

Great news. Well done! Great achievement with so many sitting.

sakurabashi · 09/02/2018 11:48

It was 'yes'!

EducatingWandsworth · 09/02/2018 11:42

Open the envelope!

Dozer · 09/02/2018 11:36

What does it say!

sakurabashi · 09/02/2018 11:31

Do you think 'no' can also be in A4? Just received A4 envelope. So scared to open.

sakurabashi · 09/02/2018 11:23

Wow, fantastic, itschilly! Now it's confirmed that the offer letters come in A4...

itschilly · 09/02/2018 11:08

Thanks!
DD done really well and now have more decisions to make than ever thought we might!

EducatingWandsworth · 09/02/2018 11:07

Congrats, Chilly. Here's hoping you all receive fat A4 envelopes!

itschilly · 09/02/2018 10:58

We have!

sakurabashi · 09/02/2018 10:56

itschilly, have you received the big fat A4?

itschilly · 09/02/2018 10:52

Offers are in a big fat A4 envelope! Grin
I was on this thread but have namechanged!

sakurabashi · 09/02/2018 10:49

Please tell me anyone! No envelope yet? Something came through the letter box. It was a leaflet of a cleaning company...

sh1111 · 09/02/2018 10:27

Thank you Sakurabashi; in a way we were taking that one for granted (though it should not be, still very deserving!).

sakurabashi · 09/02/2018 10:07

I'm so envious with you Educating!

EducatingWandsworth · 09/02/2018 10:06

Good luck everyone! I have a DC at Emanuel. It is a lovely school.

sakurabashi · 09/02/2018 09:30

sh1111, wonderful news. Congrats to your DC2.

sakurabashi · 09/02/2018 09:29

I avoided HT yesterday. I didn't want to have any hint from her. I woke up a lot during the night. I want this to end, but at the same time I don't want to know the result.

sh1111 · 09/02/2018 09:28

We had a thin envelope arriving from Emanuel yesterday... it was my DC2 6th Form offer though Smile

sakurabashi · 09/02/2018 09:26

I need someone to hold my hand.

SugarRush123 · 09/02/2018 07:37

jeanne16 of course it was also stressful a few years ago (we went through it too) but the fact is that there are a LOT more children sitting everywhere this year. At Emmanuel, which this thread is about, there were over 1,000 children versus 600 in previous years. Kingston Grammar reported an unprecedented 800 candidates. Other schools were similar.

And it doesn’t seem to be only because each child is sitting more schools (I haven’t yet met anyone sitting for more than 4). It seems that with the state system struggling, more parents than ever are choosing private. Also, fewer parents can afford boarding and that’s putting pressure on London day school places.

AnotherNewt · 09/02/2018 07:05

"Do they still have a sibling policy?"

Yes, and will continue to do so. And siblings just need a basic pass at exam. The pass mark has however risen recently. And yes, occasionally a sibling will not make the grade.

They're moving to an applications window system from 2019 joiners, but no longer guaranteeing to interview every candidate (which by Herculean effort they say they did this year even with the higher number sitting). I don't know for sure, but I think they may have decided to go beyond previous guillotine number of 600/650ish because otherwise their lists would have closed so very ridiculously early.

HIll Form (year6) has been two form entry since Sept 15

I don't know how many offers they make compared to places - they certainly had a spot of difficulty a couple of years ago when they did not get as many turning down as they expected, though they did tell prospective parents that all offers would be honoured even if they had to fit in an extra class somehow. It all boils down to more parents seeing Emanuel as a positive choice for what the school offers - reputation for slightly thuggish slightly thick boys has been wrong for a little while now.