Trinity/Whitgift 2019 thread

Yes Chelsea3 fingers crossed for all!

Thank you so much for the update. Let's hope postman brings good news to all.

Chelsea3 offers for 10+ are the same for 11+. They will be posted on the 14th Feb (Thurs) to be received on Fri 15th this year. That’s how T and W normally inform you just before you break-up for half-term.

Fbgarcia well done to your DS for getting this far. That email must have given you some sense of relief. Was that for T or W?

Well done to all those who've completed interviews so far. Does anyone know how offers are posted for 10+? I recall date is 14th Feb, but can't remember if it's post or online.

Jige, I got an email yesterday for next week, finally. Let's hope everything goes well :)

It’s all gone a little quite here.......

Any heard more on the W/T interview front? If anyone has had any interviews, how have they gone?

enterparentone how did your DS’s interview go yesterday?

I think you need to be careful at getting hung up on league tables as you are times talking about tiny difference across the top schools. I always look at University destinations as a marker and given that W had 26 boys getting Oxbridge spots in 2015 and have had 15 boys offered Oxford this year and awaiting Cambridge results I am not concerned about W at all. You need to choose the school that best suits your DC its as simply as that. I have always loved W and my eldest did well there as did his friends and my DS who is in yr 7 loves it but he is very sporty. Good luck with your choices....thankfully i have a few years before I have to do it for a 4th time!

It will be hard for us to decide too if we have more than 1 offer - although currently feels like we won't get 1 at all. One of the schools is a very easy morning commute 30-40 mins door to door via 1 bus while the other is more like an hour on 2 buses that don't connect directly with each other. We much prefer the 2nd school though.

MuMama25
You ultimately have to choose the best fit for your DS.
Other than the convenience, what draws you to W as they are 2 different schools with regard to ethos, even though they are part of the same foundation?
Like Seeline, I think that T has the better provision for music.
If my DS was the equivalent to yours but in sport, (academy player, county level athlete), then W would by my first choice without a doubt, as it would be more likely that my DS would have the characteristics that competitive sportspeople have which would see him cope at W.
W is an excellent school and so is T, but if your son loves music, I believe T will nurture and develop that talent more than W. (just my opinion)
Well done to your DS for achieving grade 7 on 2 instruments btw. I wish you well in your final decision.

Hi all, DS has finished his 11+ interviews at T and W (yay!) Now the waiting game...does anyone have any insight into the steady decline in W results / league table position vs T? Is there a separate thread on that by any chance? Would be great to read your observations/opinions... if we do have to make a choice, it will be hard, but a nice problem to have!! We love both schools!

I wish I'd seen this thread earlier as I've been freaking out about DS 13+ for T and W waiting for results of the exams. If he is invited back for an interview does it mean his chances are high of getting an offer (unless he completely fluffs the interviews obvs). He's got T on friday and w on Monday .

*and though = I thought

Thanks v much both. We did attend the days and were v impressed with both, but W much more convenient for us and for instrumental players and pianists and though they were on a par - agreed for singers thought T was better. DS grade 7 on 2 instruments and lives/loves music also. Just hope I’m not him a disservice in the school choice. Thanks v much for the info though.

Music is amazing at T. The new music block has amazing facilities including a recital hall, loads of soundproof practice rooms (of various sizes), a choir room and recording studio.

If your DS sings, the opportunities are fantastic. My DS has performed in operas and concerts at the main concert venues in London, as well as in Germany, Italy and Japan. He has recorded film scores and albums. All as part of the Trinity Boys Choir (usually just trebles). The Choristers (4 part male voices) sing an Evensong roughly once a month and take part in concerts etc. They also have an annual course during the Easter break when they stay for a week at one of the Cathedrals and sing all the services there. The school has numerous vocal groups including concert choir, Male Voice Choir, Chamber Choir (with the 6th form girls) and a girls choir.
The school has several orchestras, ensembles and jazz groups. Again they go on tours and perform at concerts. They also have a residential orchestral course during the Easter break.

MuMama25
Both schools do an orchestra course, usually held on a Sunday.
W call their’s the ‘Prospective new boys orchestral day’ which this year will be on Sunday 10 February 2019.
T already had their’s in October & it is called the ‘Junior Orchestral day’.
It is worth attending these so that they can get a feel for the music provision at both schools.
T obviously has just refurbished their music department so in terms of facilities and environment, they win hands down.
If your DS loves singing then both schools offer scholarships for choristers, but W offer a flexible boarding place for those days when they have evening performances and going home would mean too much of a late night. Choristers do appear to be really busy.
Do go along to the musical events which both schools hold at various times of the year.
Some are general while others are for specific instrument groups. T also has a summer prom which they hold in the school grounds. Details are listed on their web sites.

If DS gets an interview for W, I firmly expect it to be on the very last day of interviews for various reasons (he sat from overseas, so timings were just slightly later; our surname is definitely in the second half of the alphabet; we applied right on the deadline... Basically anything other than DoB sorting would see us at the back of the queue)

So I'll let you know if / when we hear anything

That's a nice response from Whitgift. I'm surprised they can't say whether an interview is in the offing.

Anyone else have any interesting news?

Oh! That's great. Let's hope we get good news. Keeping positive. Thanks for sharing. :)

Just had a lovely reply back .... still none the wiser but a nice email:

Good afternoon,

Apologies for not replying sooner.

Thank you for your email. We are continuing to slot applicants for interviews at present and will be continuing this week, we are really sorry that we are unable to let you know any further news at this moment in time.

We do appreciate your circumstances and you are very welcome to keep checking with us.

Thank you once again.
Kind regards.
The Admissions Team.

Balancedmum74, the letter they gave us at Trinity, kind of gave away that. The longer you waited for a reply from them the better news but W didn't say nothing likectgst so not sure how they do it. Guess we'll just have to wait :(

Interviews go on until Jan 30th, so still time to get an interview date through.

I emailed them to ask if it was a negative outcome would we have to wait until end of January to find out and I haven't had a reply. It's such a shame they don't adopt the Trinity approach where they send out rejections straight away. I didn't apply to T but have read it on the feeds.

Thanks! I was so tempted to call them today. Feel better knowing some other parents still waiting. Fingers crossed :)

but to be honest I now start preparing myself that it likely will be a 'no thank you but thank you letter' for us - especially when I read about the amount of tutoring that seemed to have happened, no chance for a normal rounded boy without extra tutoring...