Trinity/Whitgift 2021 entry

Hi Jumpalicious yes I can confirm that we have been invited to an online interview.

They also sent an link to their carols.

I am so impressed with how well organised and friendly Whitgift have been. Why don't you drop admissions an email to follow up?

Best wishes with it all.

Ps pretty sure you are referring to W, sorry must read more closely ☕️

Hi @AveEldon @saturnrover can I just double check: have you been invited for a Whitgift interview (as opposed to T)? LStill heard nothing from W either way. (We didn’t apply for a scholarship, if that has any impact.)

Trinity does ask about other schools.

Thanks @AveEldon I doubt the sports assessments will go ahead as planned.

Thank you - so they ask us or our child what other schools we are interested in ?

Yes we got an invite to interview.

What do they say to parents? I am more concerned about that part of the interview.

Has anyone received any interview coms yet for W other than 26/11 email? interviews meant to be starting from the 6th.

Dont undersell your son because he is at a state school.

My son was at a state primary and has a chunky academic scholarship. - and we were never told by his primary that he was especially clever so it was a surprise when we received the offer.

We had tried for a sports scholarship but he's not county level so nothing came of that.

His friends are a real mix of ex-prep and primary school boys. It's very mixed in that respect.

Good luck for tomorrow. I'm sure they'll make it fun. Wrap up warm, they might have to leave windows open.

And anyway he is from the state system so may not even get very far!

Well I am now quite concerned.

My boy will sit the iseb.

I think we could only afford it with a scholarship and we would not be able to get bursary help, which is fair enough.

He loves sport. He wants to try for sports scholarships but is not a national champion.
I now wish I had downplayed it.

The school just seems like it is so big and has such wonderful facilities.

I would be very concerned that my son if he gets a place won't be satisfied with the grammar he is likely to be offered.

Anyhow I am feeling now that I have done the wrong thing by applying. It just feels wrong in my stomach if you know what I mean?

Difficult to say @EnolanotAlone - previous years we were told about 2- 3 weeks after exam.
T has a second ISEB sitting on the 12th so quite possibly not before Christmas would be my guess.

Thank you @GrammarHopeful@JustJuice187
We logged on to the registration and can see there were registration confirmation etc - the updates we’re sent to DH 😩 and ended up in junk folder. We are all full time Exec PA’s managing these logistics. Breathing ever so slightly easier now..

Feeling ever so apprehensive, what are peoples views on the likelihood the schools will to advise ( put us out of our misery) with interview dates before term ends. There is no apparent delay in marking actual papers - a cutoff / shortlist must be easier to determine this year. Am I wishful thinking - I could never be patient for Christmas presents either

@SuiGeneris or us chaperonne was for public transport, TRAIN TO EC+ BUS, both ways until boys felt they could do it by themselves I.e.

Maybe it depends on whether you are sitting ISEB at the school. I have had all the above but also an email last week confirming further details of the day and that interviews are in Jan. Nothing further. I really wouldn’t read anything into that btw. We are only sitting ISEB there because it’s the most familiar environment for DS2.

@EnolanotAlone

If it helps, we received the following from T so far:

1. Application submission complete
2. Application review result (day later)
3. Video link for 11+ Applicants 2021 (on the 20th).

DS sat ISEB elsewhere, as you know, so I am just hoping to hear whether he'll be invited to an interview at some point.

Which school?
We have had one email from Whitgift and one from Trinity - that's it

@EnolanotAlone they have been sending regular updates by email to all applicants on the exam process - we’ve not received any special letters 😁. Would suggest you get in touch with the school if you’ve not heard from them at all.

We registered well before cut-off in early Nov, not not sept/oct when applications opened.

@JustJuice187 realise offers are not til feb.. I was just wondering what was in the letter you received? Sorry curious as we haven’t received anything yet.

[quote EnolanotAlone]@JustJuice187 may I ask if was this a general interview or scholarship letter? We have yet to receive any update from Trinity or Whitgift on submissions or interviews, so keen to understand what we might expect as we were delayed on submitting our application.

We would be delighted with an offer from either school, however starting to swaying towards the academic, pastoral care excellence of Trinity (vs Whitgift) due to a pecking pecking order with the school of the Alpha A teams vs the rest.

This sentiment was reinforced with Whitgift's application form expecting National, county or regional level representation level for a 10/11yr old - were we the only ones with a blank lines, feeling somewhat initimated by stating the Saturday morning football team on the common.

Can anyone share the reality what Whitgift would be like for a smart, capable all rounder. Just trying to think of the whole child and potentially being on team M, N, O, P for rugby, football, swimming, cricket.[/quote]
National, county or regional level - this is for the sports scholarships not just normal entry though

Trinity has a very sporty element too with similarly excellent sport facilities - DS1 is more musical than sporty but my DS 2 is def a sportier and I’m equally happy sending him there. The school does have a very caring ethos which is very focused on the boys and their well-being which really comes across from the moment you enter the school.