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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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Nads101 · 29/11/2018 14:53

I think they will delay sending out the offers until the new batch of assessments are marked. But I think they should be out by 14th Dec

Jimjam68 · 29/11/2018 11:57

Oops. Was going to say Sutton High is a lovely school. Personally I am not convinced by the "unprecedented demand" they mention on the website, and I wonder how this will impact on when they will send out offer letters for everyone who sat the exams a couple of weeks ag

Jimjam68 · 29/11/2018 11:54

Sorry to hear that taximummy. What other schools have you applied to? Sut

taximummy · 29/11/2018 11:40

Sadly my DD didn't make it through at WHS, we are really disappointed as she had her heart set on going there. It looks like Sutton High have added another 11+ testing day, according to the website, so will give them a call, but hadn't really considered it. Any comments really appreciated.

Jimjam68 · 29/11/2018 08:20

Nearly 700 sat stage 1, so around 350 invited back for stage 2, possibly less.

sw19999 · 29/11/2018 07:53

Re WHS- I had heard that about 800 sat it and that they take about half through to the next stage. There will be around 65 places so I would have thought it very unlikely that they will offer 400 places/WL places?

89fomveg · 28/11/2018 23:38

Hi, just realised there is already something re WHS on this thread. Just started a new one by mistake as I am new on here.

Just wanted to say that I also read or heard that if you made it to Stage 2 at WHS then you would be guaranteed a waiting list place.

Does anyone know how many sat the exam and how many were invited back?

Jimjam68 · 28/11/2018 21:47

Oh and well done to your DD FlumePlume!

Jimjam68 · 28/11/2018 21:46

No I would definitely remember them saying that, and I don't sadly and I would be surprised if that was the case. They are still yet to be assessed in January and I'm sure they are looking to weed out a proportion at that stage.

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FlumePlume · 28/11/2018 20:20

Well done to both your dds! Mine also got through.

I seem to remember something at the 11+ toolkit session about getting to stage 2 meaning at least a waiting list place, but now I can’t find it anywhere in the leaflets they gave us, so I’m thinking perhaps I’ve imagined it. Anyone else remember something along those lines?

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Jimjam68 · 28/11/2018 17:37

Great news Sweetnhappy!

Sweetnhappy1 · 28/11/2018 16:59

Well done to your DD Jimjam68! Mine is also through to round 2 and quite excited about it. Good luck to all who are waiting.

Jimjam68 · 28/11/2018 12:49

How did everyone get on with WHS? DD is through to round 2 and I am mightily relieved. Good luck to everyone else hoping for good news in the post.

Glaciferous · 28/11/2018 10:33

an understanding that bright, conscientious girls sometimes need help to do less, rather than more

Totally agree with this. One of the things I like about St Paul's is that there seems to be very little homework (usually two tasks a day or so) and they set a maximum time to be spent on it. They explicitly say that spending a long time on homework is a bad thing and they would consider it a problem not something to be celebrated. DD's friends at Waldegrave and Christ's seem to get at least twice as much homework as she does. Also, they have been amazing at dealing with DD when she gets anxious about things (this happens quite a lot but she is starting to get a bit better as she feels really supported by school).

sandybayley · 27/11/2018 21:14

Best of luck for tomorrow with WHS. I hear really positive things from all the families with DD there. They are definitely busy girls but seem to strike a good balance between f work and play.

Sweetnhappy1 · 27/11/2018 21:13

I'm also finding it really tricky to figure out where the best pastoral care would be.

Sweetnhappy1 · 27/11/2018 21:11

Yes FlumePlume, WHS have updated their website to say they were posted today and we should call the school if we haven't heard by Thursday. Fingers crossed for tomorrow

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FlumePlume · 27/11/2018 21:09

I agree - pastoral care and an understanding that bright, conscientious girls sometimes need help to do less, rather than more, is something I want to see in a school I send my dd to. Working out which have that, and which just say so is the tricky bit...

WHS said it was sending the letters today, so we should be getting the stage 1 results tomorrow.

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Sweetnhappy1 · 27/11/2018 13:43

These sort of threads really worry me:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/3435228-Mental-Health-in-Grammar-Private-Schools

Sweetnhappy1 · 21/11/2018 16:45

Same here, DD thought it was ok. A lot of questions for the time given but she managed. We're done now with exams until January.

Jimjam68 · 20/11/2018 21:08

DD thought it was ok and managed to finish both papers, but then I always worry she has misjudged something. Oh well only a week to wait this time. Good luck all

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FlumePlume · 20/11/2018 20:26

Dd said it went ok until the end, when her brain got tired, though she did finish the papers. Apparently they were more like Bond and less like CEM (we had a mixture of books that she used for familiarisation).

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FlumePlume · 19/11/2018 23:52

Well, St Paul’s drop off and pick up was very slick and relatively uncrowded. Apparently the woman in charge had clicky high heels and a no nonsense attitude and all the girls that dd saw looked happy. That’s all the feedback I got Grin

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