Trinity/Whitgift 2021 entry

@Onvacation
Just wondering did you provide to Trinity another email address?
For us, I got the “ done well enough to have a interview” email from T first, but 2days later T sent the interview date and time email to my husband’s email address in stead of mine. Check all the emails addresses you give to school, hope that will help. Good luck and hope you get a interview time soon.

@1980sMum
Thank you. He has his academic scholarship for 10plus tomorrow. And next week is head master. This is for trinity.

And yes we got the email (1) with very well done. I totally feel for anyone still waiting. But I do hope that no emails would have gone out by now. So surly there is still w chance to be give. The opportunity of an interview.

@EnolanotAlone you are right ..they wouldn't .. I guess, it's just us parents reading too much between the lines.

I have just been told by the school that if the email does not state that the interview is for an academic scholarship then it is an interview for a place only.

Does anyone know what independents generally do in terms of academic scholarships, e.g. do usually invite, e.g., the top 20% achievers (in the exam or ISEB) for a 'potential academic interview'?

Presumably they invite more than they offer so what is the % of boy that get the offer, is it to the top 5% or 10% boys (in terms of the results in the exam) who are offered an academic scholarship?

Thank you very much for confirming, @scubadiver123.

@EnolanotAlone, you are right, just some wishful thinking on my part :)

@GrammarHopeful Just confirmed that his email did say academic scholarship, for 11+

@GrammarHopeful His email did say academic scholarship, just confirmed. To retierate that was 11+

On 11+ there is confusion with the 'done'well enough' and 'very well' in the same paragraph. I doubt the school would be purposely misleading for an academic scholarship.

Hmm, would it be too much to ask you to check with your frined, @scubadiver123?

Our letter said that DS has done "very well" and this also what the interviewer said in response to my DS putting himself down (-'I am a bit slow.' - 'Not based on these results: you've done really well!'), but it didn't specifically said this was an academic scholarship interview.

He was also in the first batch of interviewees on last Saturday.

@hopefulone1 Yes, as I understand the email would state that DS has done 'very well' and that there would be an academic scholarship assessment- as also mentioned on this thread by someone else for 11+ at least.

Thanks for the update scubadiver123

I have been told that the academic scholarship interviews state it in the email

@Croydon46 Welld one to your DS re academic scholarship. Has he sat the academic scholarship interview already and were you told by the HM whether he was successful or will they write to confirm later?

@Daydreamer85 I know a friend's son was interviewed for 11+ Trinity scholarship on Tuesday.

I think for these two schools, the sooner you are invited to interview, the better you have done. Seems to be the pattern in previous years too. But that’s not to say that a late interview means no place!! More that an early interview could suggest a decent chance of a place.

@Onvacation argh! So then we come to the possibility that our kids are offered a place. How do we deal with the no-visit aspect. 7 years of potentially going somewhere unknown.

Let’s compare the emails. Here is the one we received with (2) in the subject line.

Subject: [Trinity School] Trinity School Interview Notification (2)

Dear xxxx
We are very pleased to inform you that xxxx has done well enough in the entrance assessments to progress to our next stage of interview.
While we understand that you will be anxious to hear from us with regard to the timing and arrangements for your son's interview, you will appreciate that we have a very large number of applicants and we would therefore respectfully ask that you resist phoning us during this busy period. We assure you that we will contact you as soon as we can either by email or by telephone with a date and time for his Zoom interview together with all the relevant information you will require.
If you have applied for additional scholarship assessments, you will be be contacted via email in due course with these arrangements. Please be aware that the dates previously published for these assessments may be subject to change because they will also take place via Zoom and this will require some alteration to the proposed format and timetable.

We thank you for your continued patience and understanding.

Yours sincerely

Mr David Price

Director of Admissions

I have not heard of anyone getting a email with academic scholarships - but might have missed something

can I please ask, has anyone been contacted by T11+ for an academic scholarship (not 10+) yet?

we're still waiting for email/phone call follow up to T11+ too... might have repetitive strain injury from refreshing my email!!

Still waiting!!

we are the same, still waiting for the phone call for T11+, from what I have worked out the (1) and (2) in the emails does not have any bearing.

We're still waiting for an interview date / time following getting through theT 11+ - anyone else still waiting?