Anyone heard from Tiffin Boys Sixth Form - interviews?

We got the same email. I'm wondering how they figured out the email didn't reach us.

Perhaps the admission lady reads Mumsnet. 😂

@INJU79 yes 😔
snippet below:

We are writing to you to apologise for an oversight in our communication. The email below should have been sent to you by Friday 1 March, but due to an administrative error, this did not happen. We can only apologise wholeheartedly for any upset and distress this may have caused you or your child. We want to reassure you that communication is ordinarily something we pride ourselves on. We value every application that we receive and we are sorry if this lack of communication created a different impression. We are now nearing the end of the selection process and you will hear from us in due course. -

@Vive42 - I actually know someone who received a place the day before school started so I guess although rare ,anything is possible.

Hopefully we will know as soon as possible. April 30th seems a while, but at least we have a date now.
Happy Easter

I wander if you have perhaps you have all received an email this morning which states that a clerical error was made and we should have had an email on March 1st stating that processing will be done by April 30th.It looks like a blanket email.
@Luffers1972 @Richmond001 @dredded

Yes, my DC knows someone who did that. And I believe the rejection letter encourages it.

Sorry to hear this. My daughter and ai loved the school when we visited however I’m not impressed by the school’s admissions process.

@Luffers1972 I don't think raising a complaint would make any difference. My feeling is that if DD doesn't get in, it wasn't the right school for her.

Thanks all for the update. Yes, unfortunately I assumed it was a no for us.

Wondering if we should collectively raise a complaint with the governors with regards to the admissions process?

I thunk assuming no for us is a likely scenario ( wait list ) , but it seems the next couple of weeks is when we would know .

A close friend’s daughter went yesterday . I would imagine she is a potential Oxbridge candidate and had a series of 9s for mocks . The interview was more of a tour chat type . It was a conditionall offer pending results . There were 20:35 girls and similar for boys .
I had telephoned the admin office last week & asked if no news meant not making the cut . In our case it was probably a poor case as they hadn’t even asked for mocks / references despite having sufficient for last years results . I sent the mock results a couple of days ago which they asked for only when I prompted via email . When I spoke to the admission lady last week , she said it wasn’t an absolute no that I had not heard , going into my daughter’s file. I asked her if not hearing had meant she had not made the first round annd therefore waitlisted , again she said thy are processing for the week following the aster . She did say that they actually take a fair number on the wait list on results day so it felt she was indicating this as a likely scenario. The girl I referrer to in the first paragraph is the crème de l crème, taking 12 exams I would imagine mostly if not all 9s. Lovely girl too . After speaking to my friend , I imagine the fact that there were interviews for about 50/60 would mean that this accounts for the 60 places available . It felt from the admin lady that a number are likely wait listed, but the week after Easter it the following one before the children go back was when we were likely to know . The lady who had written about her neighbour’s twins . A precious thread had talked about it being subject dependent too . I note the girl had picked Maths , seemingly from the link in that thread 203 studied Maths . Our friend’s daughter is not going to .

@dredded I know... I guess it also depends on the subject combination.

My neighbour's daughter got an offer last year with a score less than 65 ( I believe it was 63 or 64) and is doing Maths-Bio-German now. Her twin sister didn't get an offer with a score of 67 to study Maths-Chem-Physics-FM and that triggered some heated family talks... Tiffin didn't exactly explain to them why, just referred them to their policy.

Both got really good grades at GCSE, but the one who didn't get an offer never sent in her actual grades in Aug to try and secure a place. She decided to stay at our current school - where science and maths teaching at A-level is not too shabby even though it's a comprehensive.

I think they do get a lot of applicants with straight-9 predictions, or close to it.

OP I’ve PM’d you my DDs predicted grades as no doubt someone will recognise the details.

Good luck to your DD!

We’re waiting for a different grammar school and they have said they’ll let everybody know by 31 May!! So you may have a wait yet.

(he isn't outside of the priority area, he's just confirmed. no offer yet)

I'm guessing we will hear back either way this week. I doubt they will do interviews after Easter, but then what do I know? The admission lady isn't exactly responsive. I guess waitlist is the most likely answer now, for anyone with a score of 56+ and no conditional offer? I don't know anyone with an offer, apart from the one mentioned up thread.

Not even this boy has an offer... a score of 69 (!) Perhaps he is outside the priority area?
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7457814

You have put it so well!

@dredded Vive42 · 19/02/2024 08:58-This is where I saw it. Sorry to have alarmed . It is so frustrating that more is not explained from the school.

thanks @dredded

As a pp said up-thread, when they reach that point they usually send out an email to all remaining applicants. So, in the meantime, no news still has the potential to be good news.

It would be good to just know whether they have now finished making conditional offers and then we can move on and wait for final GCSE results and submit those as a hail Mary