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

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FlumePlume · 26/08/2018 18:15

I just realised that I need to get the Tiffin Girls form in ASAP, and wondered if anyone else is in the same position? I could do with company in this process!

We’re not yet decided but probably applying to Tiffin, WHS, SPGS, Sutton High and maybe one of PHS / Emanuel / KGS.

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FlumePlume · 16/01/2019 20:30

Thanks! And congratulations to your dds, Greenleave and 1ndig0.

I’m really surprised that you know of five others who got interviews, Greenleave. We don’t know anyone else who applied, certainly not from school and not even anyone from any of dd’s activities.

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Greenleave · 16/01/2019 18:54

1ndig0, thank you and weldone to yours and FlumePlume too(anyway I only know 5 others).
I found the invitation letter was cold however informative, not too sure why(we only have CLSG letter so not many to compare however finding it much warmer).

1ndig0 · 16/01/2019 18:29

Well done to your DD and all the people you know Greenleave!

I know someone who has a DD at SPGS who told me they interview about 180. Also, there was something on 11 plus forum about it (people talking about last year). So fingers crossed!

Greenleave · 16/01/2019 17:53

we are invited back too however the numbers invited back must be alot more as everyone I know was.

KaliforniaDreamz · 16/01/2019 17:36

My DD didn't finish the bloody personal bit on the Surbiton paper.

got to laugh.

1ndig0 · 16/01/2019 17:31

Thankyou and the very best of luck to all your girls too. No, it seems you obviously don’t have to finish the maths papers! For some schools, like PHS, there is no separate scholarship paper. so I guess it makes sense they would put some more challenging questions towards the end.

Sweetnhappy1 · 16/01/2019 17:23

With that at PHS and being totally unable to judge how WHS went it's all up in the air. Waiting game now.

Jimjam68 · 16/01/2019 17:06

Same here with the PHS maths paper so I was feeling quite negative about the likely outcome,

Sweetnhappy1 · 16/01/2019 16:48

Jimjam68, good point re: not finishing. My DD was unable to finish the maths paper at PHS and felt a bit deflated...

Jimjam68 · 16/01/2019 16:36

Congrats on the SPGS success, that’s brilliant and a great encouragement not to lose hope when they don’t finish the exam paper!

Sweetnhappy1 · 16/01/2019 16:28

Fantastic! Amazing achievement for your girls! Well done to them!

TheExtraGuineaPig · 16/01/2019 16:13

Well done both!! That's excellent 😊

KaliforniaDreamz · 16/01/2019 16:06

well done!! clever girls x

1ndig0 · 16/01/2019 15:55

Congrats Flume! Star DD also got an interview. What a wait that was!

I’m told it's now 180 interviewed for 100-105 places, plus about 10 on w/l.

So much better odds than LU where they interview over 400 for 120 places.

Can anyone confirm this with previous experience.

Anyway, today I’m just delighted she got this far! Wine

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FlumePlume · 16/01/2019 15:24

Dd got an SPGS interview!

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FlumePlume · 16/01/2019 12:10

Anyone heard from SPGS yet?

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Colorbomb · 15/01/2019 16:00

The interview emails were individually sent because each had a time and date for each individual candidate. I can’t predict what will happen this year though! I remember once I read that Eton emailed everyone they had a place (even those that didn’t) which was rather embarrassing and upsetting - so I believe schools are super careful about what they send.
I also think an exceptional performance across the board is definitely not necessary to be asked for interview.
Good luck to girls waiting for all schools Smile

1ndig0 · 15/01/2019 11:57

Good luck for tomorrow then Flume. I know what you mean, it’s all about managing expectations and the waiting! Once they’re in their next school though, they don’t look back.

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FlumePlume · 15/01/2019 10:16

1ndig0 I think some of the North London schools do co-ordinate dates, but of the ones we’ve applied for we’ve already had Sutton High (in December), and WHS will post on 6 February, so it’s a real mixture of dates for results letters.

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1ndig0 · 15/01/2019 10:05

Flume - I think all the schools send results on the same day, or they have co-ordinated it in previous years. It happens to coincide with the last day if term usually - I wonder why? Grin

1ndig0 · 15/01/2019 10:03

Thanks Glac and Colour. I wonder if it’s a no, do they just send that out first thing, or wait until the end of the day? Also wouldn’t they just send all the emails together?
As you can tell, I’m looking forward to tomorrow Confused. I should know better - this is my third time with DC in this process (not this school though)!

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FlumePlume · 15/01/2019 09:54

Thanks, Glaciferous and Colorbomb, I had also been wondering at what point tomorrow to expect an SPGS e-mail. I’m fairly sure it will be a no interview, from what dd said about the maths papers, but she’s pretty confident so I’m going to need to manage that. It sounds as though the letters were a lot earlier last year - this year they say they will post final results on 14 February, having done the interviews in the week of 21 January.

Dd enjoyed WHS yesterday, and from what she said it truly wasn’t tutorable, which I think is excellent.

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Colorbomb · 15/01/2019 07:38

Certainly in previous years SPGS have gone through the list of callbacks alphabetically starting mid morning so early alphabet surnames heard much earlier than later ones. Unless something’s changed.

Glaciferous · 14/01/2019 21:21

We had an email the Wednesday after the exams last year for SPGS. I have just looked and it came through about 12.30. The results were posted to us via snail mail on Thurs 8th Feb and we got the letter the following day.

1ndig0 · 14/01/2019 17:35

I’m on here hoping someone has info about SPGS, but if I remember from previous yoesrd when my older DC friends sat WHS, they offer maybe 90 places to fill the 60-65? Plus a waiting list. One year nearly everyone accepted, so they had to put on a bulge class.

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