Trinity/Whitgift 2019 thread

yessssssssss, got offer from W.................

Am keen that our acting head doesn't assume we know results yet too and share with me or ds at pick up. They are as new to this as me.

Nearly there. Can't remember where I read it. Will W email head of current schools with results today? I know the procedure is established for independent schools but how about state primaries? Thanks

Thanks SoupDragon, that's reassuring. At the end of the day they are 10 year old kids and bound to perform differently in different exams under different circumstances.
My DS badly wants an offer from Wilson's, but I have been prepping him for a different outcome too. God this is soooo stressful, atleast with T we would know the results as the boys would be at school when the post arrives! On March 1st apparently the email would come only after 5!!!!!

Looking for some advice: my DS sat 10+ exam at T. Passed entrance and exam and attended interview. There was a techical delay with reference request with current school. I called T last week and they sent another email to DS school. This was received on Monday this week.

Would the school bother chasing/following up references (predominately myself chasing this in a polite manner from both ends as I knew they hadn't received anything) if there was no sign of a potential offer? I am wondering if this is a red herring, where they are simply following procedure to show they have been fair to all applicants.

The waiting game is killing me now, and I seem to be over analysing the whole thing!

good luck to all the kids and parents for the results...

Oh ok, I didn’t know about the Saturday interviews. Luckily my son and his friends haven’t discussed. Goodluck everyone xx

Isn't there a difference though? I thought scholarship interviews were conducted by Senior Leadership Team and included boy and parents whilst children not being considered for scholarship are interviewed en masse on the Saturdays and parents aren't interviewed. Sadly we were the second category.

Less that 2 days to go. I feel quite anxious - as does DS unfortunately. Not helped by a boy in his class being overly competitive about it.

I meant specific interviews.

Trinity didn’t do specific acedemic scholarship, they did this during there interviews where as whitgift had acedemic scholarship mornings so you never know

You really can't tell with the grammar schools. DS2 got a place at Wilson's but didn't get offered a scholarship at T.

Panicking too much today as the results day is approaching. T is really our backup, for DS has cleared all grammar school exams. However I am getting super nervous of how much he would've scored in Grammar school tests as he wasn't invited for an academic interview at T!!!!! It is such a shame that unlike girls, boys don't get to know the scores. And they pass out too many candidates anyways!!!!

Yes, definitely seems worth a phone call, just in case you've slipped through the net.

OlennasWimple sorry to hear that you’ve not heard from the school. I’m assuming that it’s W? As T would have sent out letters.

If I was you, I would give the school a call or send them an email.

13+ walking (and overseas application, so normal timelines are a bit out anyway - but still....)

Sorry to hear that OleannaWimple. I thought that if it was a definite No they'd tell you by the end of January.
Has your son sat 10+ or 11+?

Still no news here, not even a whisper about an interview. So I'm assuming no offer

When I had my meeting with the HM at Trinity he informed us my DS wouldn’t be getting a scholarship as despite scoring very highly in Maths, he didn’t fair so well in the English paper. When my DS was offered a good scholarship from a different school, I rang Trinity and asked if they would reconsider the scholarship and they came back offering a decent scholarship. My point is, if you don’t get what you want initially, there’s no harm in asking...especially if you have some leverage from another school. Good luck everyone.

I can’t actually remember the exact scores DS1 got tbh - they were all quite high and VR was exceptionally high.

Quick 10plus question - we are gearing up to do this with DS2 next year for w and T- wondered how people found it this year?

I only did 11plus with dS1 at T so this is new territory to me but DS2 really keen to go to big bros school

My c.100 was based on the numbers that were present at the he third academic scholarship assessment morning, and I've assumed that each of the mornings had roughly the same amount. It could be a move away from just taking the top 5% who can be trained to pass an 11+ paper and a move towards more imaginative, creative, sparky characters.

walkingtheplank I think you’re right there is no specific score that merits a scholarship, however I doubt the top 100 would be considered.

When my DS sat the W&T exams I got the impression that they had to be in the top 5%-10% (of those that sat the exams) to be considered for a scholarship. What I was told is they scored the individual papers and then somehow combine the scores together so they can put them in order from 1st to last and consider scholarship based on this order.
If you go to the Whitgift Foundation website there some information. From there about 47% of students get help with fees (scholarships & bursaries). If you consider they give scholarship for sport & music then it would be reasonable that around 15% get help with academic scholarship.

From the website £5m is given to 47% of students at the three schools. The average level of scholarship is probably around £2,500, some will get more and others less.

Thanks Wimbles, SoupDragen and AveEldon.

It's so difficult to tell which school would suit a boy all the way through secondary. Can't wait till Friday!

I don't think it is a specific score that merits a scholarship. I think the top 100 or so are selected for academic interview/assessment and from there they work out which ones have the most ability/potential. Its entirely possible that someone with a very good score would not be selected for a scholarship or even a place if their behaviour was poor or they seemed scripted. On that last point I think I talked too much at my DS before one of the interviews and as a result I think he flunked that