Trinity/Whitgift 2020 entry

Last year my son got an interview at T for 11+ and I had to meet the HM by myself as my husband was away. No need to stress over it if only one of you can go. It made absolutely no difference.

ginger, I heard comprehension was Charles Dickens at W

Hope the exams went well for your boys. Some people receive interviews quickly and others don’t. Try not to stress out if you don’t hear immediately or hear others are getting interviews and you’re not. It’s really hard and you will be checking your emails every second. Fingers crossed though. If anyone has interview queries/questions don’t hesitate to ask.

Oh and as long as one parent turns up for the interview it’s fine - certainly for Whitgift. They understand not everyone parent is available.

Agree, so helpful. 🙏

It is all really helpful for first-timers like me, thanks to those of you who have experience and are sharing it!

100 messages!! Wow...

I would flag that we had to wait quite a long time for the interviews. Trinity emailed everyone c.5-6 days after the exam to say whether an Inteview would be forthcoming and then we had another week to wait before the interview Whitgift invited us after several weeks but wise owls here reassured me that the invitation for sports assessments meant he must have scored high enough in the exam.
So interviews might take a while but this doesn't mean the boy has done less well.

At W my son was interviewed by the head of year and we were seen following that. They asked 'why whitgift'. They will ask your son about that too.

we are doing everything next year and I am already worried when I read all your messages .... sounds all stressful.

good luck to everyone. at W always a poem in english, is that right? I just read on an other thread.

At DC, we met the head with two other couples at T and W met individually.

Fingers crossed and all going well and DS is offered any interview, do you know if both parents are expected to attend? I just did a brief scan of past threads and there was a lot of talk, in particular re DC, of "couples" being given an opportunity to question the head.

Yey22 We were the year before that however your correct they did start sending emails really quick but some did have to wait a week or two

They won’t quick last year as they had so many children. It was weeks before some people heard so don’t loose heart. Goodluck everyone x

W was quick getting the emails out following the exam. I think our email arrived two to three days after the exam. Good Luck everyone!

Good luck everyone sitting W today, and extra luck finding a parking spot I'm looking forward to it being done but I'm also dreading the long wait for phone call/ email etc to see if he's got an interview the whole thing is agonising

Just got my DS to sleep- he’s so so nervous! I can’t believe that this time tomorrow it’ll be over! Good luck all!

Just a heads up that there are gas works on Nottingham Road near the entrance to Whitgift School. There are traffic lights (some of the time) approximately at the junction with Whitgift Avenue e.g. the traffic lights were not there yesterday but were there this morning. You also can't access Nottingham Road from Whitgift Avenue. This might cause a few more queues than usual so worth setting off in good time for tomorrow's exam and/or being prepared to walk rather than driving into the school - if the latter is necessary, there will be helpers who will take the boys in.

Good luck!

Brrrr10 - definitely think it does come down to practice. Independent schools still fairer than grammars, as they are assessing all round ability. They look at the school report, the interview and the exam as a whole. HTH.

My Ds is doing Royal Russell tomorrow, but I believe some did today. The boys that did Trinity will be doing it tomorrow as Trinity was today....

Royal Russell is tomorrow I believe .

It's interesting hearing views about academics and low/high scores. If say - you need at least 60-70% to be considered for an interview - (depending on 10 or 11+) . Isn't it fair to say that it probably comes down to how much prep a boy has done rather than ability? (obvs there will be exceptions to the rule) For example, a state boy with no tutor I imagine wouldn't reach that score. However with practise, they could! So the results isn't necessarily a reflection on how bright a boy is. I think it's more about how much prep they've had the opportunity to do - whether that's via a tutor or not.
I can only speak for my son and I believe if he'd been tutored for months, he'd be getting higher scores on the papers we're doing at home! Do you think almost all the boys have been tutored or what percentage do we think?

Hi, anyone did Royal Russel today?

All I have is a text saying apparently he assessed it as 'medium difficulty' via my husband - am at work!

Actually not 'all' done I suppose in that respect - one on Friday and last one on Monday. Roll on Feb....

T done. How did your DSs feel about it? trying to get a feel from my child is impossible!

He felt Maths and English were ok but VR was very different from anything he had done before (we did BOND and exampapersplus). Anyone had the same feeling?

Two more days to go!