As the Tiffin deadline looms, is there a girls SW London grammars / indies thread yet?

That's sounds a bit like us.. did 3 (plus Tiffin) that both she and we would prefer over our local state school. Didn't do a back up other than those as we prefer our state school - and it's proximity- to any others.

I think I've said before but I think we were very naive coming into it all. DD has always been top or in the top 2 or 3 of all her classes with great school reports (although no sporting or musical achievements) and I assumed that would be enough to go pretty much where you wanted. Not going to a prep school means you don't get specific feedback I know but I am still shellshocked as to how oversubscribed and competitive everything has been.

Will have to think carefully for DC2 who is less academic and confident.

Flume we just did 3 that were a doable journey... didn't do any back ups as i didn't feel any of them were worth the fees.

Didn't know that about the boathouse. Thank you!
We know some in recent years who only got one of LEH and G&L too.

Definitely worth hedging bets.

@Jimjam68 - you're absolutely right about the offers. We know a number of girls who got one and not the other. I would always suggest applying to both if you live locally.

Lots of SW19 girls at PHS with more from a bit further afield (Clapham, Fulham, Battersea,Chiswick etc). For anyone intending to row, the PHS boathouse is in Putney but WHS row in Hampton. That makes a difference for early morning sessions.

We applied for both precisely because they are equivalent schools, but because their testing is different, you do hear (often on MN) of girls being offered one but not the offer. So we are hedging our bets. Could get neither of course!

Thanks. Good to know there are lots outside Wimbledon at WHS.
Trying not to get too keen (!) on any at the moment ......... but it's hard.

Lots do live in Wimbledon at WHS but lots don't! Out of interest I just looked at DDs year group list and almost exactly half the year lives in SW19 or 20. The rest live all over the place but I'd say almost all south of the river- few in Fulham etc.

DD applied to both as we couldn't decide.
Slight concern re WHS is that we don't live in Wimbledon and it seems lots do.

we applied to both because of location

like an idiot

Very different Heads at those schools.
A diff vibe can be picked up by going round them both, one seemed more international (PHS).
i couldn't quite get my head round how much space there was at PHS - would you say it's similar to that at WHS?
after a while you start to feel a bit lightheaded walking round them all and then they all blur into one big tedious experience.
if i had the choice i would go with the closest school but it is apparent i am lazy and want an easy life.

jsut my thoughts!!!!

@HeadSpinning2019 - funnily enough WHS is closer but we thought it was too close (we live in Wimbledon) and we wanted DD to spread her wings a bit.

I just liked PHS better (just a feeling) and there was the fact that she got a good scholarship 😉 that swayed things.

@Sandybayley
How did you choose between PHS and WHS? We'd be delighted with either if lucky enough to get offers.

@Sandybayley that's great to hear. We would be delighted if either of those were am option, I agree that the differences are likely to be overstated. I'm wondering what the equivalent boys schools would be, have to start thinking of DS once this is all over.

@Sweetnhappy1 - very happy with PHS. DD is a bright spark and we chose PHS for being strong academically but a bit more relaxed than some of the other girls schools. She's made some lovely friends. It's pretty down to earth compared to some of the boys schools, maybe a GDST thing?

The rivalry between PHS and WHS is very funny , particularly as we have friends in both schools. We turned down a place at WHS in favour of PHS but would have been happy for DD to go there. We also liked JAGS but felt the journey was too much.

Sandybayley thanks for that, I think that's the day WHS post their results too. How is your DD getting on at PHS?

Best of luck to everyone - nail biting times!

Not sure if it helps but when we heard from PHS four years ago (how time flies!) it was on 4 February and it was a Wednesday. It was a letter in the post so that would equate to 6 February this year.

No, my daughter has asked when we will get the results (and has already asked if she can open the envelopes - well maybe if I can steam them open first and then reseal them). Plus her friends will know their results and they talk. Ideally perhaps you would present her with the results all at once, in the hope that any successes will mitigate any "failures" but there is no way my DD will wait until 1 March.

for those of you also applying to state schools are you going to wait to tell your children the results?

Also, am I the only one who wishes they would send things by email instead of, or in addition to, letters? Our post is often late.

Surbiton moved the goal posts somewhere along the line from late Jan to early Feb, but I’m still clinging to the hope of late Jan as someone said they sent them early one year, and I think they like to get them out before the likes of WHS. Putney High are vague with “early Feb” so I’m expecting similar to WHS. It feels like a long wait even though it isn’t really.

Does anyone know when PHS results are out?

I’d presumed in the 14/15th like the other schools we applied to but maybe it’s early Feb in line with WHS?

I’ve never applied to WHS, but I do seem to remember friends of my DC in previous years getting results on 2nd Feb of thereabouts?