Upcoming girls’ independent SW London schools 11+ exams

When do we hear back from school regarding interviews/rejections? So far I believe it's: 7 Jan for G&L; 15 Jan for WHS. Any others? Hope the fixation on dates doesn't make this wait even worse though!

I have a friend who’s child is learning the harp, another the oboe and a third some kind of Cornish trumpet.. I admire them all for putting up with the racket they make! 🤣

Thank you stircrazyschoolmum. She's not too disappointed as we know all too well that there are some extremely dedicated and gifted musicians in this pocket of the world and we know how much work goes into it, so we respect them immensely. It's the same with sport, DD does enjoy her sport and by the standards of our family back in Scotland, her achievements are impressive, but here in SW London there are some children her age already identified to play at a county level. It's inspiring thankfully, rather than off-putting...

Sorry to hear that @dinosaurinmybelly was DD very disappointed? Grade 5 seems incredible to me.. in 2 instruments!

We really like Putney too, but fortunately (in a sense) DD hasn’t seen it and won’t be devastated about any particular school unless she f
gets no offers..

The wait seems sooo long!

We received an email from PHS saying we have not made the shortlist for music and will hear in January about interview. The standard of music must be particularly high this year - DD has Grade 5 in 2 instruments, which we had thought would be enough to make the shortlist.

We liked the postcard from PHS - nice touch. It’s still our favourite but we are trying not to think about that and putting it all to the back of our minds for a few weeks. Is everyone done now until Jan?

Yes @dazedandconfused11plus I heard from a few in DD’s year group but nothing for us till Jan .You are definitely not alone on the panic .. Hopefully New year brings only good tidings !

Thanks for letting me know @Trialsat11 (so I'm guessing you just heard from others then, rather than an email from Putney). Sorry, I think my nerves are shot already, and still not even Christmas!

Sorry @dazedandconfused11plus didn’t mean to cause a scare. The invites sent now are only for people who applied for music and sports scholarships . We didn’t apply for any scholarships either and it is a wait till Jan for the interview invites !

@Trialsat11 - can I check did you actually receive an email from Putney in regard to this information? The last time we heard from Putney was the advent calendar - so just want to check we haven't missed anything! (not applying for any scholarships though) Thanks

@ stircrazyschoolmum we have done the same for our drama scholarships .
I think Putney is coupling it as they already have the ISEB results and calling only those for auditions who have an 11+ interview as well to avoid too many people together on the late Jan interview date for other applicants

PHS had a deadline of 7th dec for any ISEB tests . Interview invites are being sent by emails but only for music and sports scholars as of now . For the rest ,they will be sent in Jan

Sorry the above was for @Trialsat11
Thanks !

We have done interviews for two different drama scholarships without knowing whether we've done enough to clear the ISEB. (One of the schools has its own exam in Jan so no one has sat it yet!) Therefore, it might be that Putney have changed their process this year?

When and how are the Putney invitations been sent ?
Just wondering as some children are still sitting ISEB despite being after the official deadlines

Yes, they would have definitely cleared their ISEB baseline to get invited for interview along with scholarship assessment .
A longer wait for the rest though as the next set of invites will only come in Jan !
PHS didn’t do creative writing and will invite only those who clear the ISEB for interview

@Trialsat11 do you think that means they’ve done enough to pass and possibly get a place? We haven’t applied to PHS, just wondering.
Did PHS also do interviews and creative writing?

PHS has sent out interview invites for music and sports scholars .Such a nail biting time for other applicants like us :(

It’s a tricky one isn’t it? I managed to see five of the seven we’ve applied to because I went to visit them when DD was in year 5. But DD has only seen two of them and one of those she didn’t much like (although the only explanation she will give for the dislike is she didn’t like where the canteen was).

It is really difficult to get them motivated about exams and interviews when they only have a website to go off, and it will be even harder to make a final decision (assuming we’re lucky enough to have a choice). I really hope they can manage to hold some sort of on-site visit for offer-holders, even if only the kids can go and parents have go stay away.

Another (covid-related) conundrum: if we still aren't able to physically visit the schools before the deadline for accepting offers (usually early March), then I wonder whether schools will extend their deadlines? It's so bizarre to be making decisions for seven years of a child's life, to the tune of £100-200k, when you can't even inspect the product! Obviously hoping we will indeed be able to do in-person visits but it's possible that London schools in February and March will still not be able to allow external visitors. Any thoughts?

@Mimijoyx you are probably right. My enquiry was right at the beginning when they were trying to sort DD’s ISEB out and we couldn’t do it, because she said their offers will be out before we managed to do it.
Obviously things have evolved since

@Stickyspiderman I had asked Woldingham when the results would be shared, they had told me they would be sending out decision letters via email by the end of the term , Dec 15th.

When my older DD applied, the offers were sent out by post

I thought the Woldingham offers were due out last weekend? I’m pretty sure they said earlier they would be sending out offers on the 5th of December

Does anyone know when the Woldingham offers come out and more generally - do the schools communicate by post or email?