Trinity/Whitgift 2021 entry

@notabirthday @LillyD - are your DS’s names further down the alphabet? Just a thought that they are scheduling in batches maybe? And can only confirm timings once they’ve done one lot? If the letter says that your DS has done well enough to be interviewed then I’m sure you’ll be invited back, doesn’t make sense otherwise. Hopefully someone in the admissions team is following this post and can see the angst it’s causing and clarifies soon!!

@notabirthday - we got the same email as you. We are in the ‘don’t call us, we’ll call you’ group! Without further word from Trinity l am haunting this thread. Not a healthy occupation for a weekend. Anecdotally my friend did manage to speak to Trinity on Thursday and was told that the standard was so high this year that they don’t know how many to interview. Not what I wanted to hear but hopefully an indication that our sons have still done v well to meet the standard.

Ah I've just noticed that our email has a (2) at the end of the subject title - wonder if they have 2 standard emails. Wonder if the "very well" received in others those that are in with a chance of an academic scholarship and we're just in with the masses and their email has a different number in the title?? I have to stop stressing about this as won't do me or ds1 any good!

Hi has anyone had any feedback on the music scholarships for trinity or Whitgift? Thanks

notabirthday I wouldn’t read to much in the letter Trinity have sent. My DS1 now in Y9 got the same worded letter from Trinity and he was offered a place at the school after the interview. These letters are not personal case by case, they don’t have time for that and so everyone will get the same standard letter if your son has done well enough in the test. The decider in the past has always been the interview. Having said that it’s all different this year and I do feel for you and your DS. Just look at it in a positive way that if your son has been invited for an interview he’s done well, otherwise they wouldn’t have invited him. A interview invite is by no means a guarantee for a place hence the letter is phased in that way “we’ll enough”, he’s got through the first stage.

The letters received for an invite from Trinity where they are considered for a scholarship - there is sometimes a mention of the headmaster wanting to speak to the parent. But again that was before covid.

@notabirthday, oh no, I didn't mean to make you or anyone else feel worse, please!

I was confused by the language myself, this is what the first line actually said:

"we are writing to advise you that [DS] has done well enough in the assessments to be invited for an interview. He has done very well, but please be aware that we interview a larger number of boys than we can ultimately offer places to."

Otherwise, it's the same 15 min interview everyone else seems to be getting that may involve Maths or English. They requested he has a paper and pen for the problem-solving.

@grammarhopeful - our email was very non-descript and just said "well enough" and don't contact us, we'll contact you so looks like I will have to write this off as an option if other folks have interviews and comments such as "very well" in their emails and resign myself to him going to one of the two local comps we're in actual catchment for which have only a third of kids passing maths and English GCSEs. Nightmare.

@AveEldon - oh no! Really! Ok, I will tell him to be prepared to answer a maths question in the interview then!

@Longingfornormality I think it will be one or the other - usually whichever was weaker in the exam

Any idea what format the Trinity English and Maths 11+ interview questions might take? I can’t see how they would do this properly in a 15 minute interview. Would it be either English or Maths questions? Or both?

I'm just curious as to whether many schools (indies) would mention in the interview invitation whether their DC is considered for an academic scholarship? I know a friend's DD was invited 'for an academic scholarship interview' (this was not Trinity/Whitgift) - apparently the top 20% performers received this whereas the rest received just a general interview invite.

Thanks JustJuice187 - I had read that re previous years - but I understands no parents going in this year so was trying to dissect(!) what a weekend interview might mean this year.
Just had a letter re sports scholarship on line assessment though - but no idea how. My husband wonders if we are going to have to hold the phone whilst they do a beep test or something!!

@JustJuice187, it was more than that: "Well enough" in the first sentence, and well "very well" in the other!

We'll find out soon enough, I suppose...

@notabirthday - sorry I have no idea about rank order. Usually weekday interview means potential scholar. No idea about not getting a date.

Our email just said he did very well, but lots of boys applied so interview doesn't mean he's got a place, which is fair enough. I don't think the schools realise how much we dissect these emails ;))

Hi @notabirthday. We are in the same position re Trinity. I suspect it means the interviews are in rank order but maybe I am wrong!

We have just received an interview to select a time on Monday. From those lucky enough to have been through the process, how have W interviews been undertaken, is there any difference between selecting a certain interviewer? Has anyone received feedback in the interviews regarding academic / sports scholarships?

Do Trinity do their interviews in rank order or something does anyone know? We've had the pass email but nothing further with an interview date. Hoping we might have a chance for a bit of an academic scholarship to ease the pain esp as we have a boy a year younger too!

I should add that doesn't mean your DS hasn't done well. They absolutely have, but IME the candidates getting the academic now at T are getting over 90%.

DS2 got over 80% in both last year, and it wasn't enough...

@Bexbrom - traditionally Saturday interviews have not been for academic scholarship - that might be different now though.

In past years you got to have a chat with Mr. K while DS gets interviewed, so it is a slightly more personalised service.

Having said that you still got to meet all the senior staff at Saturday interviews usually - obviously that's not going to happen this year....

Had the same question about scholarship.. How do you find out?

So relieved to have interview for trinity day after fiasco with cancellation of Olaves part2.
I’ve been on tenterhooks all week.
Is everyone’s 15 minutes - ours is sat lunchtime (not with headmaster) any idea if you would know if they were considering academic scholarship?
Still waiting to hear what will happen with sports assessments.
What a difficult year for all these children....
Good luck all

Yay, so pleased as ds1 has got through to interview stage at Trinity! He did say the exam was easier than the Sutton SET and given he got through to the slightly higher level for WCGS, was hoping he'd get Trinity as our back up (missed out on the 2nd stage SET, there was a big gap in score between his maths and English on the SGS weightings which suggests he bombed the maths).

@SD1000 Don't loose hope! we got the email today and were looking into spots available between 22 and 25 Jan.

Congratulations to those that have interviews and good luck!

We got ours this morning, didn't get through to interview for Trinity. Still waiting to hear from Whitgift, the longer we wait the more unlikely it seems. Anyone else still waiting to hear from Whitgift?