Trinity/Whitgift 2021 entry

Quick question for anyone already at T or W. Do parent WhatsApp groups still exist when you start year 6 or is that not a thing at secondary school ha? I rely on them loads:)

Hello all .
My son is at year 6 in Trinity at the moment as we took the 10 plus last year . It is a fabulous school , anyone who needs any info please do PM me .
Our sons could be in the same class next year ( def the same year at least ) so happy to help with what I know .

Oh, and sorry for not using the DS notation but I find it hard to get my head around 😂

My eldest son is at Trinity. He gets the tram to Sandilands and then a quick bus down the road. I’d like to imagine he walks down the road but that’s slightly fanciful. Last year after there was an incident at Sandilands Trinity deployed a staff member to be present at Sandilands during school commute times. I don’t know if that’s still the case but the point remains that the school understand their duties extend beyond the school boundaries. Trinity is an outstanding school and we are so relieved son number two will be going there in September. Inly need to worry about son number three in four years or so now.

Congrats to everyone who has an offer today.

I have a DS at Whitgift and we dont have any safety concerns. He takes a public bus to school and never had a problem.

Boys travel en masse between school and East/South Croydon stations so safety in numbers.

The only issues I've heard about have been with 2 boys who had their phones taken at Victoria or Clapham Junction i.e. the safety issue, which is minimal, hasn't been in Croydon itself.

Of course we all worry about our babies making their way to school but after a week or so it's a relief to not be respobsible for getting them to school anymore!

Anyone here applied to Westminster (WUS)?

Congrats to all those with offers.
Anyone know how many 10+ places there were this year? We’re on the waitlist, keeping fingers crossed....

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I have an older DS at W and touch wood we have not had any issues re safety.
Wandsworth Common and other local areas closer to home have been more problematic.
However the long journey and the early starts in the dark mornings aren't great.

Happy to be PMed. But yes @Zoomez DS is happy there. I really rate the head and the head of lower school pastoral care. Teachers have all seemed dedicated. With laptops online schooling worked and improved 2nd time round (showing they are receptive to feedback). And DS loves the sport and feels a sense of pride being part of the school.

Hello I also have an older DS at Trinity - the news from Croydon is always so scary but in all the time he’s been there (nearly 4 years) we’ve never had a single incident - the boys usually travel in groups of friends. The school takes all incidents (very few involving the boys) and their safety extremely seriously / they’ve had talks on keeping safe. Tbh the journey from East Croydon to the school is generally fine as the local bus is stuffed with Trinity boys. I hope that helps

I had a DD at T and now a DD. I can honestly say that safety isn't an issue for us. I assume people are referring to the recent stabbings - these aren't in the areas of either school. Croydon gets a bad name, but 'Croydon' is used to cover a wide area. Sometimes, things are mentioned as Croydon and it's not even in the right Borough!

PMd you @Zoomez

Thanks so much Mumof2 does your son love the school? It just seems like it is too good to be true in some ways?

I may take you up on a chat once we get our head around everything here!

I am not going to pretend to have read all 17 pages of this group. But my DS is in year 8 at W. He takes the bus to and from school. Partly because we are a bit of a walk to the station (and the coach stop is mins away) so he likes the convenience and we bypass the safety concerns that others cite re Croydon (or phone muggings around Clapham junction and Wandsworth station). Having said that, many boys get the train and travel together. I understand that teachers also travel on the same routes in and that provides a further layer of safety. Hope that helps and happy to talk privately to anyone who needs more, if I can help.

Been lurking on here for a while...does anyone know the range of academic scholarships usually available at Dulwich and Trinity? I remember seeing a list of lots of schools and their % ranges?

@SuiGeneris glad it is not just me!

We feel Whitgift is an incredible opportunity, every dealing with the school has been superb but yes the crime is a concern especially given recent events and throw a long journey into the mix then it just seems challenging. Anyone at Whitgift who can share any insight into personal safety?

I have also been at the receiving end of some unprovoked and nasty crime so that is really playing on our mind.

Also our son has done well with every school whether state grammars (where the journey would not be as arduous) or W and the other private.

Our son found the email because it popped up during a zoom and he is so happy!

Good luck everyone!

It’s a no for T, not even a waiting list but yes for W. My son will be gutted! 😔

Nambo - was that for t or w (congratulations)

We received an offer 😅

Good luck everyone and well done to those that got in.

That's for Trinity btw, we didn't apply to Whitgift.

We got a reserve list email - considering we only decided to apply at the last minute after some frantic number crunching and the only IESB prep DS did was the 5 day free trial with Atom that's not bad I suppose.

Still waiting for whitgift email here too😬