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SW London boys, 11+ grammars and independents

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Jumpalicious · 29/11/2020 13:32

Hello, I know there’s an excellent thread for the girls. Not sure if there’s one for the boys? Anyone want to come on board? I know we can’t divulge details of round two grammars since there will be late sitters, but was thinking more of a support thread. Any takers?

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JustJuice187 · 16/12/2020 19:00

Ah ok / i just saw what it was!;) we didn’t get one of those 😁

JustJuice187 · 16/12/2020 18:58

@Jumpalicious she won’t know if her son has passed Tiffin - we don’t find out until next March.
Can I ask what the box thing is about for Hampton? DS has a 10plus offer so we aren’t following exactly the same process

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Jumpalicious · 16/12/2020 17:29

@Sterou did they actually tell you that info about the threshold? We simply learnt that he’d missed the pass mark by a point. Also, missing the English is quite likely where my child went wrong. In that sense, remain hopeful for tiffin since their English paper sounded very different, with different sections, so perhaps more chances of doing ok... a friend has since told me her son passed to wallington, Sutton, tiffin, but not Wilson’s...

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Sterou · 16/12/2020 16:31

Ok received it all now. DS is eligible for SGS, but not Wilson ( DS did not meet English threshold) and DS got an interview for Hampton ( and no box :-)). we just want to hear about Tiffin really :-( shall we ask them to change their process? haha

BookShark · 16/12/2020 16:29

DS still has two exams to go in January. It's feeling very drawn out, although on the flip side, we won't have the intensive January exam period we were expecting thanks to sitting ISEB for some of those schools instead. DS is just bored of it all now - I think we must have done every past paper possible!

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Jumpalicious · 16/12/2020 16:13

@PitNicking There are some schools that are still dragging out exams. Eg Kingston grammar is in jan, etc. Thankfully tho, most schools have finished with exams, which I think is wise, since yes - otherwise all very drawn out!

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notabirthday · 16/12/2020 16:08

@GrammarHopeful I'll have a root through data and see what I can fathom out! I am sure I read somewhere if you pass for WCGS there's a good chance you'll get in so am not crying just yet.

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Jumpalicious · 16/12/2020 16:04

We’ve got box and interview! No correlation then ;-). Well done everyone!

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EnolanotAlone · 16/12/2020 15:28

@GrammarHopeful @BookShark ditto... pleasantly surprised as I was about to bribe the Postie to hunt down a yellow hampton box!

GrammarHopeful · 16/12/2020 15:00

@BookShark yep, was just about to write the same! Wink

BookShark · 16/12/2020 14:58

Well we have no Hampton box, but we do have an offer of an interview. On balance, I'll take that!

TeddyDidIt · 16/12/2020 14:45

Easily done @Jumpalicious I know it took up much of my headspace when my DS did it last year! Didn't help being on maternity leave Grin

GrammarHopeful · 16/12/2020 14:40

@Jumpalicious, no need to apologised, I could barely sleep today awaiting the results, and had also dreamt about it :/

@notabirthday, there is no real way of knowing, which is crazy, if you ask me. However, I think you could do a reasonably good extrapolation/guesstimate, knowing how SGS put their final results together (2:2:3:3) and digging through the past years' data on www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/sutton_grammar_school. It won't be pefect, but it won't be far off, as the data is pretty uniform year-on-year (and, anecdotally, this year's results are more challenging, given certaint families had a lot more time to prepare than ordinarily).

EnolanotAlone · 16/12/2020 14:39

@PitNicking we are awaiting round 2 outcomes this week with mixed feelings, with more exam papers to sit if successful. In addition the possibility schools will be asking for a creative writing task or maths (depending on relative strengths) within the interview stage. The selection process & scrutiny never ends.

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Jumpalicious · 16/12/2020 14:23

Ps having said that, @Sterou, I read that on the other 11+ exam site. Their positive email was received about 10.30 today. Has any one on here had positive news from Wilson?

Sorry I sound slightly obsessively unhinged here! (11+ exam chat rooms and all, bleurgh!!)

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Jumpalicious · 16/12/2020 14:20

@Sterou

Has anyone received a positive Wilson yet? we still have not heard ?!?!
Yes they have... but emails may still be going out. Do check spam. I’m sure you have!
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Sterou · 16/12/2020 14:16

Has anyone received a positive Wilson yet? we still have not heard ?!?!

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Jumpalicious · 16/12/2020 14:10

In other news... we got the yellow box from Hampton today 😁. I may just eat the skittles myself to de-stress (only joking, sort of).

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Jumpalicious · 16/12/2020 14:07

Thanks @TeddyDidIt that’s helpful to know!

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Jumpalicious · 16/12/2020 14:06

I have info that required pass mark for Wilson was 475. But I don’t know how you work out your score from round 1. Be helpful if they just shared it!

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TeddyDidIt · 16/12/2020 14:05

@Jumpalicious are you in catchment for SGS? I have known several boys pass for SGS and not Wilson's and still get an offer from SGS on offer day, but they were in catchment.

Passing WCGS makes an offer very likely, evening if via the waiting list.

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Jumpalicious · 16/12/2020 14:03

Ps 836 qualified for Sutton; 639 for Wilson. My child just missed Wilson by a fingernail.

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notabirthday · 16/12/2020 14:00

DS sat the Sutton SET and also for Trinity - he got through to WCGS but gutted as just got the emails of no to Wilsons and SGS. He also sat Trinity last weekend as a back up as we're in Sutton borough and the non-selectives we're near have dire results. Probably due to the 100's of out of borough kids nicking the places in the grammars but that's another thread!

I found some info on another forum which might be useful for anyone wanting to know stats of likelihood of admissions - www.elevenplusexams.co.uk/forum/11plus/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=61489

As I now have the detailed marks from SGS, does anyone know if there's a way to work out what his SET Stage 1 mark might be so I can see how close he is to the WCGS cut off for this year? I believe it's 213.9 - if his results are like 214 I am not sure I will be sleeping properly until 1st March.

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Jumpalicious · 16/12/2020 14:00

DS qualified for Sutton (& previously wallington), but not Wilson’s. Worried now. Sorry to be a downer... but now I’m wondering: Does he stand any chance of actually getting a place? Like Pps son says, hundreds have qualified and there are only 100+ places per school. I do acknowledge they’ve all done really well to get this far. But this is a tricky result. Or should I be feeling more positive, and unclench?!! Argh, awful process this!

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Sterou · 16/12/2020 13:42

Still have not received Wilson??