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

It’s 1000 messages. Page 40, I believe. Probably best to start a new one around 980 messages, so there is space to redirect posters to the new thread

@MumsRule20 as the OP will it be you that creates the third part of this thread?
Wasn’t sure if it runs after p.39 or p.40?

@threemonkies alas at our primary some people are waitlisted only

@Pippa321 I’ll PM you, if you don’t mind.

Yes my DD is in this year's cohort. We are deciding between Alleyn's and a specialist music.

@Pippa321 do you have a DD in this year’s cohort too? Will she be going to JAGS too?
Quite a few girls in my DD1’s year have sat for this year with some not getting offers/WL for JAGS or other ISEB schools

Thank you all for helping me through this stressful process. I have found this thread really comforting.
@Stircrazyschoolmum I have a DD at Jags in year 8. I also know lots of happy pupils at Putney. Jags is very academic and impressive in its work ethic, which suits my DD. Its language options are great and varied compared to other schools. Sciences are brilliant too (they take the 3 sciences separately from year 7). The teaching is amazing (I'm hearing the online lessons). Putney feels smaller, which maybe makes it easier to settle and feel nurtured. I think her friends settled easier there than she did at Jags. I have visited Putney many times and I'm always struck by how many smiling faces I see. Having said that my DD is very happy now that she chose Jags. Please PM me if that helps.

Taking some comfort from everyone’s affirmations both on here and in real life that there will be movement. And I think my ‘head’ can see the logic of it.
But my heart is wondering if the schools have accounted for this to an extent in offers they’ve made.
I’ve told myself it won’t be until around the 3rd of March at least before we start to see any movement and realistically maybe even the 5th.
Anyone doing the Woldingham offer holders’ event this evening???

@southwestlondonmum fwiw everyone we know who has an offer has more than one, and some have 4 or 5, so unless the schools have massively over offered there has to be movement at some point

Hi all, I’ve also been reading this thread since early February and it’s been so lovely, helpful and comforting to read. I have no idea why I didn’t look for it earlier in the process! It been an exhausting process and in combination with homelearning I think it’s really been full on for the children. My daughter was really lucky and has come out with a few great offers. I’m finding it so hard to decide but have set myself the deadline of tomorrow so should be releasing a few places at that point. Absolutely love WH and were thrilled when my daughter was offered an academic scholarship but sadly we are most likely going to turn it down as she has offers closer to home. Struggling to chose between G&L and SPGS. Have always loved Godolphin but am finding it hard to figure out SPGS. A lots of mums with girls in year 7/8 seem to love it and don’t see any evidence of pressure on the girls however there does seem to be some indication that from year 10 things change and the pressure does become quite immense. I’m desperate to do the right thing by my daughter.

@southwestlondonmum we are between jags and phs.. the jags offer day isn’t until Saturday and given DH and DD haven’t visited the school we can’t make an informed choice until then.. argh!

Thank you @Stircrazyschoolmum! Super grateful to you and all the other lovelies on this thread who have all been so very kind and thoughtful to release the multiple offers that your DD's have been lucky enough to receive. What offer did you accept?

I think I’ve put the wrong emoji on both my last two posts.. thank goodness it wasnt me sitting the 11+!

So SW London board.. who is still undecided?!?

@threemonkies wow! I think there are a few experienced SPGS parents floating around if you need any insider knowledge but well done and how nice to start planning for the future.

@southwestlondonmum I’m sorry you are still waiting and have everything crossed for you. I think a lot of people released offers early on (me included) but because they over offer it hasn’t dented the waitlist yet. The big shuffle will be 1 March but it’s tight for WHS and PHS because their deadline is early.

Keeping everything crossed for you. xx

@Stircrazyschoolmum thank you. DD got and went for SPGS in the end, although it wasn't plain sailing. WHS was one of our top choices and we were WL there earlier on. Feedback that NVR let DD down in the ISEB pre-test, although she got 141 in the CATS for that.

@southwestlondonmum from reading the posts and speaking to other parents in our position I'm sure the WLs will move, although appreciate it will be a nail biting and stressful time. As people take offers the size of the WLs will also reduce.

Huge congrats on those amazing offers! Really appreciate you being so thoughtful to have released PHS and JAGS offers to help start movements on WLs for those schools. It is really reassuring to hear these positive updates. Thank you so much for kindly having shared.

Welcome @threemonkies glad its been helpful..
Where did you decide on?!

Hi, just to say we have been been reading this thread in the last month, it has been really helpful and so thank you to everyone who has contributed. Wish we had found/seen it sooner! We have been fortunate in a very random year, and been able to make a choice. We have released offers from PHS and JAGS, so hopefully that helps those on waiting lists (good luck and fingers crossed!). Got a couple more kids to go but will cross that bridge when we get there! What a stressful process!

@sw15sw15 Yes, we had this two years ago when the state school offers came out at 5pm on Friday and our acceptances were due by midday on Monday. In a way it was good but to have too long to drag out the thinking.

@dazedandconfused11plus we haven't had an LEH email - just wondering whether there was anything else useful/important in it?

Thanks so much! Wow - that's a super tight window if State school offers will only come out on Mon 1st in the afternoon/evening and the the acceptance deadline for schools like WHS & PHS is 12 noon Wed 3rd Mar! Doesn't sounds like it leaves much time at all for movement!