PART 3: SW London Girl's Indies 11+ Results, Decisions & Panic Over?

My goodness what a morning and finale to this emotional rollercoaster of a ride that we have all been on with our DD's!

I held out to the last moment and accepted Putney High offer and paid deposit at 11:55am, 5 minutes before the acceptance deadline only to receive a call from Wimbledon High less than 30 minutes later with an offer!

I accepted the Wimbledon High offer as that was my DD's first choice and then had to go grovelling back to Putney High to decline their offer after all. Sadly even though I let them know less than 1 hour after the 12 noon deadline I don't think they will repay the deposit. Probably just as well our Easter Holidays skiing trip has been cancelled by Boris so that we can take this financial hit!

Anyway, just so relieved the 11+ drama is finally over.
My thoughts and prayers for all you lovely ladies. I really hope that your DD's can all reach happy outcomes today or very very soon!

Well done to all your choices!
I recommend that you start following all your new schools on Twitter, FB, Instagram etc. You will get a good flavour of what goes on day to day.

@PatoPato G&L is a fabulous school and a very nurturing one . Im sure your DD will b a superstar there as she has been through the process
@WarmAndco3y being in touch with the Registrar really helped us on the waitlist incase you are waiting for JAGS .Know a few JAGS places released from our prep today

Our roller coaster still hasn't ended so to say . We got offered WHS right after putting in the deposit for LEH .
We live a stone's throw from WHS and having a serious think of whether the commute has an advantage . So exhausted doing the analysis now !

Well done to everyone accepting places and getting waitlist offers. @Scorpio1980 and @PatoPato the final 15 was an incredible achievement you must be so proud of your girls. I’m sure they will have an amazing time at G&L!

The LEH bulge sounds odd.. I guess the had just over 5 classes and needed to fill out the classes from waitlist? I’m not overly familiar with the school but believe it has lots of space?

I know the GDST deadlines were today.. is everything else Friday? I’m guessing there could still be movement? Fingers crossed for those still waiting. xx

Hi @Scorpio1980 - snap! Down to the final 15 last night then game over by 9.30am this morning followed by a mad flap to get the acceptance in to G&L. In my panic, I got my online banking log in wrong twice before avoiding a third fail & lock out.

It's been so drawn out & intense that I had to come off the thread again. I was practically rocking in a darkened room last night. I'm so glad it's over & we know where we are going. Will PM you a little later. Need to run off some of this morning's stress!

Our wait is finally over! We were on the waiting list for SPGS. My daughter was in the top 15 girls. It’s a no from them. We are going to G&L. Anyone else going to G&L and wants to connect, please PM me. 😊

Also remember that lots of people will have already withdrawn from the waitlist in favour of another school they got a straight offer from which was perhaps a joint favourite or one they preferred more....this means that sometimes the waitlist goes right down towards the bottom. I hope everyone gets something they are happy with by the end of the week! 🤞🤞🤞

I believe all the waitlists are moving now as someone rightly pointed out that it happens the day after the state offers .
Heard G&L is going to waitlist between 9 to 11 , WHS has made a couple of offers as have LEH and Putney was moving earlier

A movement like that with LEH has such a knock on effect, it means more people will take LEH and turn down Surbiton/SWPS which means they can offer to those who have Claremont Fan/Notre Dame/St Cats Twick and on it goes...

LEH have moved massively in the last 48 hours. A couple of girls in DDs prep have received places having not been in the top third of the waitlist. It’s a funny old year!

@Mimijoyx , they will want an answer or move on to next person, until end of this week it's a constant juggle of places across the schools. If you can't get an answer from your other option you need to consider paying more than 1 deposit. You need to email your other option and say you will pay the deposit immediately if offered
tomorrow morning. Well done to your dd on getting the place.

I can give you good news that WHS waitlist has started moving. We have just received a waitlist offer from WHS now and they expect a response by tomorrow noon! This is extremely tight for us as we are also expecting to hear from another highly selective school for our WL place this week. Does anyone know if they would be flexible with the WL offer deadlines?

Great to see here that the discussion has moved to accepting offers and settling down.

Hallo. Any more news about WLs?

Based on the other thread, - FHSS is done! Full.

Based on here, PHS has moved.
Based on here, LEH is having a super bulge year. This mean no more WL for them - no? (Possibly more offers were accepted than they anticipated - and they did the maths to make it work. "we had so many great candidates we just couldn’t say no" is uber marketing.)

Any news about SPGS, G&L, LU, CLSG, SHHS, JAGS, WHS, FHRP, QG, QCL?

@Trialsat11, congratulations on your recent offers and on making up your mind so quickly! It is great when the child knows exactly what she wants.

We have declined all our offers, except for TGS and LUS, which are both huge year grous of 180, DD now is not sure if she wants all girls or co-ed...

I would appreciate it, if someone could offer some advice re what would DD have in LUS that she would not have in TGS, except for boys, of course?

Midnight
Our DD had the same choice last year. She chose Alleyn's.
Alleyn's seems more relaxed and less intense.
DD is into sport and joined lots of clubs before lockdown and there are sports training on Saturday morning.
She travels on the school bus or home by train if there are clubs.
Friends DDs at JAGS are really happy.

Yay welcome to the LEH gang @trialsat11! PM me your number and I’ll add you to the WhatsApp.

We chose LEH in the end as DD couldn’t be convinced otherwise and we felt she would be much more committed with a choice she was happier with ..
See you in September LEHer’s . Is the Whatsapp group still in play ?

Thank you Midnight001! Great insight. Much appreciated!

@Starrynight7 @LittleBlackBear, my DD is in Y9 at Alleyn’s so happy to answer any questions you may have. It must be so difficult making a decision without seeing the schools this year!

Although Jags is all girls, they do a lot of activities with the boys at DC so they would still experience the mixed environment albeit it’s usually outside of the classroom.

As @ColaPip has mentioned, is your DD into sport? There are more sports teams in Alleyns (so anyone who wants to represent the school will do even if it’s E team) whereas in Jags, girls have to qualify to get into the school teams.

Another differentiator is that whereas the Jags fees are slightly lower, many clubs are in addition so just something to bear in mind.

Lastly, is your DD into languages? Jags have a choice of 8 languages incl mandarin & Turkish whereas Alleyns only offer 4: French, German, Spanish &Latin.

It’s a tough decision but they are both really good schools and your DD is very fortunate to have a choice!

[quote Oreo2019]@Trialsat11, One thing to consider and that turned us right off LEH is that this year group would be 6 forms instead of normal 4 forms, which is roughly 144 girls instead of 108. That dilutes resources significantly, such as places in clubs, etc. There is nothing wrong with large year group but I heard from some parents in LEH that they did not deal well with an enlarged year group in previous years.[/quote]
Agree the enlarged year group is a bummer. Also don’t entirely but their reason for it - we had so many great candidates we just couldn’t say no. Really? They have no trouble saying no every other year. Suspect they need more money for some forthcoming project but this is pure speculation.

It’s actually only an extra 30 girls though (138 max instead of 108) and split into six forms of 22/23 which is actually smaller form groups than their usual 27. So I’m choosing to see that as a bonus. And DD will just have to put her back into it if she wants to get picked for things!

@Trialsat11 , I'm in Esher and my ds is on another bus route but most of his friends are on the 2 x Wimbledon routes and enjoy it and chat to the LEH girls, because it's longer they get to know each other better etc.
I know your dd is good at drama as you got the SHS drama scholar so just be aware of the late night pick ups if she is in performances but she will at least be acting with boys!! My dd is at SHS and I do find it weird seeing girls dressed up as boys when they are 18 etc.

@Trialsat11, One thing to consider and that turned us right off LEH is that this year group would be 6 forms instead of normal 4 forms, which is roughly 144 girls instead of 108. That dilutes resources significantly, such as places in clubs, etc. There is nothing wrong with large year group but I heard from some parents in LEH that they did not deal well with an enlarged year group in previous years.

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