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

@pkompel a friend of mine has a DD in year 7 at G&L and she says the pastoral care has been fantastic. Her DD has really struggled with homeschool and the school have been super supportive, understanding and flexible with her. My friend says they’ve surpassed her expectations

@Tr0ubled we are in the same boat too and impacted by the ISEB assessment with one subject score being the culprit .
What I’m worried now is about people holding onto 6 offers from other ISEB schools while waiting for a super super selective ISEB school waitlist to clear . Like waiting for a G&L waitlist to clear and holding onto all other SW ISEB schools and I have already seen instances of that . That would mean an excruciating wait with no predictions until the deadline :(

@Addmelater3, Thank you. We currently live in Harrow, planning to move closer to relevant tube line once we decide. My work place is near Regent's street (post COVID) , so either line would work. Any thoughts/feedback on pastoral care or personality fit between Habs & G&L? My daughter loves maths, science, drama but not one to comply readily!

@Summertime2 IPS came with the post today

Congratulations to all who have had more offers today. Well done to your DDs.
@Tr0ubled yes, similar situations in that the school we now realise is really our first choice is the one we are WL for. Time will tell. Definitely ISEB effect for us too. What’s more frustrating is that 1 paper let DD down it seems ( was average), she did extremely well in the other 3. She got the maximum scholarship from woldingham based on ISEB, but obviously not as selective as others and maybe they didn’t look at that 1 paper so much, who knows???. I got feedback from the non-ISEB schools and she did very well on that subject in those exams. Her teacher was quite surprised, because it is her strongest subject too. But unfortunately we are not at a prep school, so no one to put in a good word for us, so we wait and hope.
I want to say this thread has been ( and still is) a life line and very comforting. I thought I’d be upset coming back on here, but honestly it’s been lovely to read about how everyone is getting on and to see the offers as well as the fact that we are not alone. I hope everyone will continue to post as they deliberate offers and thought processes. I have been known to live vicariously through others’ good news

Just passing through. Congratulations everybody! For those waiting for WL, they will move, although may be just a little bit for the super super selective schools.

@Pkompel Well done for getting Habs, SHHS and G&L. But Habs & G&L are on the opposite sides of the London. Where do you live? No judgement here - we had NLCS, CLSG, G&L, LU and SHHS once upon a time.

Has anyone heard from Ibstock?

Congratulations @Stircrazyschoolmum and @MarshaBradyo on the Alleyns offers - great news.

I have everything crossed that the WLs will move quickly. I also wonder if some schools might be more sympathetic re. deposits given the unusual situation this year? I also wonder where this is going re. ISEB in future years given we need to do this all over again for DD2 in a few years!

Hi all, I am a long time reader of MN and first-time poster. Congratulations on all the offers!.
And a big thank you for the support and encouragement given through this year's process. It helped immensely to manage my own nerves and get different views. I am delighted to share my daughter has offers from G&L, Habs and SHHS. We are trying to decide and release the others. All the best to those on WL, fingers crossed for swift movement.

@Tr0ubled I think schools will offer from waitlists as soon as possible - then they get the top of the waitlist - the longer they leave it the more likely people have accepted and settled on other schools

Remember all the schools will have over offered so lots of offers will need to be declined before they can go to waitlist

Congratulations on all the offers!
I wondered if anyone had any input on a place in extension at Graveney v SCHS? DD is bright but quite quiet and shy.
Any info appreciated!

@Tr0ubled

I am not sure about that. However, it would make sense to offer WL places as and when they become available to avoid having people paying for deposits at two schools. The tone of our email was more in line with, "we have been made aware that numerous of our children are on WL for many of the schools they applied for, particularly those that sat the ISEB. We urge all parents to make a firm decision and acceptance before the deadlines, so that other children can be offered places at some of these schools. The number of applications at all schools has been significantly higher this year .... etc please do remember that you can only take up one place....

My interpretation of that is that a place released before the deadline would mean another child gets an offer before the deadline too. I guess it would depend on the individual schools.

Iam we only got Alleyn’s post here today too.

@Stircrazyschoolmum this is so helpful
Thank you!

Stir we got an offer too

Really amazed. We did want Alleyn’s so didn’t apply to many.

@Brot64 that’s reassuring to hear, thank you.
I wonder if they might move enough to offer waitlist places ahead of the deposit deadlines? Is that ever heard of, or do the schools just wait anyway, thus making people potentially sacrifice the deposits paid to one of their less desired schools?

@Iamsodone we got an Alleyn’s offer this morning.. in shock as we thought the odds were against us. Not sure what we are doing yet and I’ll probably step back from the thread for a bit whilst I dither as it’s not helpful for anyone else. Both jags and Alleyns have set their offer days at end of Feb which doesn’t help expedite the process.

Sorry to hear about the WL scenario for many. You are not alone. We received an email from our head urging all parents with more than 2 offers to decide on a school as soon as possible because, this year more than any other, many children have been placed on WL.

We will be releasing Jags, QCL, SCHS and Emanuel on Monday and the rest by Friday once we hear from SPGS. Only one place I know but hopefully it gets another child a place.

Thank you!
Ours didn’t come until mid afternoon yesterday. We are a WL there so wondering what chances we have to have an offer.
Two WL on ISEB schools and 2 firm on schools that set their own exams.
ISEB also our downfall :( @eglantine7

I have had no post in days either. Speaking to friends they have received their Alleyns' Outcomes yesterday so it could be Royal Mail issues.

@Iamsodone Alleyns were sending by post so not sure many people received anything due to royal mail issues

We have 2 offers out of 7, 2 rejections and 2 waitlists. We are waiting for Ibstock outcome which should be here today ( no post arrived yesterday though and I think there is a delay).
The ISEB became DDs downfall because all feedback indicates she underperformed compared to mocks. I just do wish they hadn't been held in November. But we are pleased to have offers at least.
Feel for anyone in this position because it just means ....more waiting. Without having had opportunities to visit schools we have offers from.

Hello everyone,
I am just wondering what’s happening with Alleyn’s as it doesn’t seem to have had as many mentions as other schools yesterday, so was wondering why ? Whether it may not be a fist choice ? Have all those who applied heard back now ?
Thanks !
Well done everyone for getting on the 11+ journey, for a lot of people it is not over yet !

@WarmAndco3y I think we are in a very similar situation. My DD is on a waiting list to all but one, for which she has an offer but sadly isn’t her favourite. We are all feeling so confused what to do and frustrated that this journey isn’t over yet and we can’t just relax.