Info about st swithuns winchester

If your comp is Toynbee, will you definitely get into SWGS or may distance rule you out? Distance last offered was 17.9 miles for 2018. In 2014 it was only 13.6.

A friend's DD travels to SGS from the Southampton area. Her biggest issue is that so few girls bother going there from this part of Hants, so it does cause problems with friendships.

Sadly not just ‘selective gels schools” my colleagues who work with girls it’s eating disorders and a few boys would tell you that in general the one of the common thread is high achieving and driven personality therefore statistically more likely to be at a selective school but that they can come from all sectors and types of education. I’m pretty sure their figures would show that the vast majority of their clients come from state comps but that reflects the local schools as we have no grammers or independent “selective gels schools” in our immediate vicinity.
The worrying thing is that eating disorders are on the increase and increasingly they are seeing it in primary age children again mainly girls.

On the other hand I know a HV who covers eating disorders at the school
(as is the case at EVERY selective private gels school)

I know half a dozen girls currently at St Swithuns. They are lovely, happy, bright girls. I know them quite well and have never seen any showing off over or interest in fashion/labels. Just really funny, kind girls. The current head is great.

Yes but do remember ( re PP post ) that it can - if you choose - be only up to GCSE - friend of DS did Winchester College then went to Peter Symonds for 6th form. On DS's open day at Oxford , PS had sent a bus full of pupils for the open day. ( This is not relevant for her core 2ndary years I realise , & I equally realise not everyone wants to go to Oxford ) but that area is excellent for schools and 6th form. ( if only we had lived where my parents in law did ) - so second hand anecdata but the likes of Talkin will be able to advise more . My point was merely that 2ndary school is to some extent just a stepping stone to whatever she might want to do later on. So as long as it gives her opportunity & certainly she has the option to change at 6th form , I would just say - give her the choice as to which school she thinks she would feel happiest at. I am a great believer in if a child feels happy at a school / college , they will do their best. Best wishes , whichever your choice.

I'm a Swithunite however I left c. 15+ yrs ago. It was extremely academic then and I understand potentially even more so now. It's an intense, hot house environment and gets excellent results. Pastoral care when I was there was lacking and if you had a blip during your school career then they were not good at building you back up again but instead rather cast you aside in favour of the girls more likely to achieve with less complications. Times change though and no doubt house staff responsible for the girls wellbeing also change.

Essentially if your daughter is very bright, excels at at least one sport and is pretty robust then she will fly here. If she takes everything very personally, lacks confidence, and independent drive then she will struggle regardless of academic ability.

I am always very proud to have the schools name on my CV.

Ah OK, I see your point.
Toybee is pretty middling ....
but do bear Symonds in mind for A levels - Bluestar 1 / the train = a doddle journey

TBH, which is your Comp?

Just because some of the comps are as good as SWGS and lots of kids from the two grammars and all of the private schools transfer to Symonds for A levels

Worth checking out - from the point of view of nicer holidays with no fees to pay ;-)

Friend's daughter goes to St Swithuns and is happy. However, she is very academic able and sporty, she feels academic excellence is not that celebrated among her friends, that's a little pity for her. The academic level of course is still very high.

SWGS is the state school for the brighter girls in south Wiltshire and that corner of Hampshire.

St Swithuns is a hyper expensive, hyper selective boarding school in Winchester

they are chalk and cheese
which does your DD prefer?
Is the money no object for Swithuns?

St Swithuns has always been very academic even when it was non-selective. Now that it is selective (third year) it is pushing academics even harder so if that is your thing it should be fine. Swithuns is changing under the head's changes in direction, which as in anything some like and some (me) don't. While it is pushing academics it is also pushing athletics which could be good for DD with more development in the swim team which always lacked despite the lovely pool there. I will admit I know nothing about Salisbury Grammar so can't compare/contrast for you.