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80% bursary at Godolphin & Latymer or Tiffins girls school?

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Piggy456 · 15/02/2018 21:32

Hi ... looking for some opinions and advice. My DD has got some great news from GL. She passed the exams and we have secured an 80% bursary for the duration of the school years.

If she manages to get into Tiffins girls school (free) Which would you send her too and why ?

We live about in between the two schools so travel either is not an issue ( I chose the schools based on realistic distance and travel ) and academics.

Any advice would be most welcome. My DD likes both and is a confident person, likes sport and music.

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Piggy456 · 16/02/2018 08:09

Thanks Backingvocals

Would you mind sharing more about your experiences of GL past and present ? It's always nice to have somebody with the benefit of hindsight and perspective.

I'm not really thinking in terms of academics, but everything else such as school friends and bonds made there, which I hold equally important as the academics.

Many thanks Smile

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Piggy456 · 16/02/2018 08:02

Thanks BigGreenOlives

(Assuming my DD gets in Grin ) the £5000 could go a long way for anything.

I have 4 nieces, 2 went to Tiffins and 2 went to Nonsuch. both great schools. The 2 who went to Tiffins then went to Oxford and LSE. So definitely no lack of opportunities there.

Academically she is strong (imo) especially maths (but I'm a maths grad and tutor)

But £ 5000 is nothing to go to GL but a lot for anything else Smile.

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Piggy456 · 16/02/2018 07:44

Thanks larrygrylls,

My DD, she is very strong in maths (imo), as we currently work on ukmt junior level questions which she finds comfortable and a little challenging. But it helps that I'm a maths graduate (and tutor) very passionate about maths and not just a means to an end sort a way.

Most other areas she is also at 'greater depth level' ( in national curriculum terms) with ease.

She's also grade 6 piano, grade 5 violin and until a year and a half ago she was competing at floor and vault with the RGA (Richmond Gymnastics Assiciation)

So she is used to hard work and tough competition.

But we also make sure she does a lot of other activities like wall climbing, cycling in Richmond park, feeding ducks and just reading for fun.

The bursary, means we can afford to send her to GL, we live one 20 min bus ride away. And 2 buses with 30 min from tiffins (assuming she gets in).

But exactly as you said horses for courses...

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WestLondon2 · 15/02/2018 22:49

How do you know the 80% bursary will stay in place for the duration of the school years? Bursaries are usually reviewed annually, so any changes in your finances could impact the value. Also some schools might adjust it if your DD doesn’t perform as expected (don’t know if this applies to g&l)

Backingvocals · 15/02/2018 21:38

Great options. I was put off by the oligarch element at Godolphin. I was there in the 80s and loved it so I was predisposed to it but It has changed a lot. Don’t know tiffin other than by reputation.

BigGreenOlives · 15/02/2018 21:36

I’d go for Tiffin as it is free and all sorts of schemes are only available to pupils who have been to state schools. If she is at the top end of an academic selective school she’ll probably do well anywhere and you can go on holiday somewhere lovely with the £5K a year you won’t be spending at G&L.

larrygrylls · 15/02/2018 21:35

Depends on your daughter and finances. Tiffin girls is fiercely academic whereas godolphin is fairly academic but will have more co-curricular going on and will probably have more support for students struggling in whatever manner.

Horses for courses...

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