Part 2: SW London Girl's Indies 11+ Pandemic Panic!

What would be interesting also is how the offers will differ ( of not), for the schools that interview all the applicants prior to ISEB sitting ( depending on when ISEB was sat of course). And those who used ISEB as a pre-test to the 2nd stage of interviews.
I guess what I mean is how much weight the interviews/ creative writing exercises carry.

@Oceane11Plus Thank you. We've arranged to discuss it with our head tomorrow. Dd underperformed with the ISEB and a lot of work we did with her for the English papers to fine tune her went to waste and she was doing fine coping with the pace of work until the pandemic threw many spanners in the works.
Would you suggest we wait until all the results are through next week as we do have differences of opinion on our favoured school?

Yes, congratulations @Stircrazyschoolmum @Flossietea @Oceane11Plus on PHS - great news (all the better for being slightly unexpected timewise!).

@Tr0ubled @Montlieu and @Trialsat11 - just echoing again what everyone is saying, but the waitlists are bound to move - I'm assuming first in half term and then again after state offers day. This is been such an unusual year, but you can see from this thread alone that there are several with multiple offers and the girls can only go to one school!

@montlieu - doing well enough on the WT for Graveney is amazing - well done to your DD - hopefully that's bolstered her confidence somewhat and shows that the ISEB was just a (deeply unfortunate) bad day.

@Trialsat11 I think maybe your DD is right based on the situation this year. I’m sure the waitlists will move. What offers do you actually have and why is she not happy to go with one of those?

@eglantine7 If I were you I would leverage your prep school's relationships with senior schools at this stage. In my view this is one of the key advantages of a prep vs. state so I would play this card now (especially given you made the move from state to prep). You should tell them which one is your first choice and ask the head to give the senior school a call to tell them how interested you are.

@Trialsat11 It's exactly the same at our prep, because of the ISEB, the same girls got offers from PHS and WHS and some of them will probably be offered JAGS and G&L next week (and maybe CLSG, SPGS, Alleyn's...) but they can only attend one school. The prep has actually told some parents the results' patterns this year are very unusual so they should not lose hope at this stage as schools are likely to use the WL more than usual, if not call back the NOs once the WL has been exhausted... With your DD being well positioned on the WL I think she is right to be hopeful!

Hello and congratulations to all of you with offers. We are still on tenterhooks with no offers as of yet just waitlists for Wimbledon and Putney High. We are waiting in SCHS, FHSS, Emanuel and Ibstock. I loved the co-eds more but my partner prefers the girls' schools. I have a younger son to consider and I feel a very polished top tier knocks my daughter's confidence. I saw this happen having moved her from a state school to an academic girls' prep in spite of the benefits of being in such a great school.
I hope we have some good news this week and thereafter places move on the waitlists.
Good luck everyone and hold tight!

@Trialsat11 I think I remember your DD got through to the interview stage at Kingston Grammar too - when do you hear the outcome? Sending you lots of good luck vibes for KGS!

Well done to all the clever girls with offers and waiting list places! Sympathies to those still waiting for any news! Remember that even those on the waiting list have done incredibly well and jumped a huge number of hurdles. Putting it into perspective, even the "back up" schools on this list are some of the very best schools in the country and would offer an amazing education and start in life. I think we are lucky in a way coming from a state primary where not many DC are applying privately because it all feels like an amazing gift rather than having to worry about whether friends have got more/better/different offers which I appreciate could make the girls feel a bit disheartened but it is important to keep the wider perspective. I also think the waiting lists are bound to move a lot. We're still waiting for 2 results (one early next week, one Friday) but we're very happy with one of our 2 offers and wouldn't hang about to see if a waiting list place transpired if that's what came from our preferred choice, at this stage, I think it would be kinder to dd to have the certainty so will be releasing extra offers during the first days of half term at the latest.

@Trialsat11 just popping over from the boys thread to say don't lose hope yet. We're sitting on a couple of offers, but won't release anything until we've heard from all schools (Friday 12th). I think there will be a huge number of offers released over half-term, but probably not much before.

And this is an odd year - the schools have probably offered based on previous acceptance rates, but I suspect that the ISEB in particular has driven higher numbers of applications (it certainly did in DS's prep - we had a lot of people applying to 5+ schools), so I can see schools needing to use the waitlist much more than in previous years.

Best of luck to all those either waiting for offers or waitlist movements. So glad DS is an only, and we won't have to do this again!

Thank you all for your lovely messages and encouragement .

We have 3 waitlists to follow on and it has been a terrible weekend . I have been trying to convince DD that we might probably have to make good with what we have but she has been in total denial and thinks that at least one waitlist will convert .

I know making a choice is a tough decision but it's my hope that people who have multiple offers move fast so that at least by the end of half term there is some hope on the waitlist . Atleast from what I can see at our school , its the same people having offers across WHS and PHS which is largely because of the ISEB .

Congrats all for the offers . This was a tough year and so very difficult to achieve such good results !

Congratulations @Stircrazyschoolmum @Flossietea @Oceane11Plus on Putney, and anyone else I've forgotten! @Stircrazyschoolmum it was very touching to hear your reaction - exactly how I felt yesterday morning! I seem to remember that JAGS is also ISEB so that bodes well for you

DD also got PHS and now very keen to go there as I think it was her favourite interview! But we'll wait for the Consortium results and take it from there. Am I correct in thinking they will be released on Friday?

@GU21Mum wonderful news about LEH too - I don't think you can wrong there!

@Tr0ubled @Montlieu and @Trialsat11 I'm sure those waitlists are going to move. Just remember they can only go to one school, and this year there will be even more movement as it's the same list of exam results after all! Well done to those who have already given up their wait list places.

@PatoPato I hope you're doing ok. Have missed your funny anecdotes!

Well done everyone and good luck to those still waiting for the coming week (and keep up those nerves of steel!).

@gu2mum if you are still interested in GHS you should call them and find out where your DD is on the waitlist as they can be quite specific. It doesn’t move as much as the London schools but they also don’t over offer. But LEH is amazing so perhaps fate has intervened and your daughter is destined to go there!

@montlieu definitely call Putney. If it’s your first choice make that very clear! It sounds like offers will start getting released very quickly so you could get news quite soon.

We had a holding email from Alleyns this morning which nearly gave me a heart attack. They are posting letters next Thurs so it will be my turn to stalk the postman on Friday.

In the meantime we are hoping for some snow as a distraction!!

That's fantastic news GU21Mum

@GU21Mum congratulations, that’s excellent. Nice to have good news, to keep your DD positive. I’m sure you know it’s a great school.

@gu21mum congratulations! LEH is a great school!

And congratulations to all the other offers from LEH, WHS and PHS.

Finally we got the LEH post today. DD got the offer. Thanks all

Hello Montlieu definitely call PHS next week as I am sure there will be a lot of movement. We are also hopeful on Graveney and I like what I hear when I talk to parents who have DC there.

We didn't sit Emmanuel but are still waiting for JAGS and SPGS here so will be waiting another couple of weeks. Quite a few at DD's state school did not make it through to the second stage of either WHS or PHS, so I don't know if that means they interviewed less this year than usual? Well done to those DDs with offers or WL places this week.

@Stircrazyschoolmum
Thank you for checking on us ! We got waitlist for PHS last night. I am just wondering how many they interviewed and what chances we have to have an offer at some point. I think I am going to call next week. Otherwise waiting for other offers to come back, but not hugely optimistic on the ISEB schools, then Emanuel where DD did the test independently but feel it hasn’t been the case for other DC so, again, not hugely optimistic. She should have an offer of a place for a selective place at Graveney though. Not sure if we want it.
How are you all ?

@Tr0ubled sorry our posts crossed yesterday - I hope your DD is ok, I remember you had a sports scholarship interview at PHS so it might have been a favourite?

@MumsRule20 @montlieu @PatoPato @LittleBlackBear I hope you guys are all ok? This thread moves so quickly sometimes I can’t keep up!

Is FHHS next week? I think they win most creative second assessment!

So unfair that the boys’ schools are making us wait!! 😂. As someone said they must have made their decisions now!!

A thought about LU- when DS got an offer I had a small heart attack as a very thin envelope came in the post when they had said it would be an email. It was actually a congratulations for DS and the official email arrived a couple of hours later!