Guildford High School Offer Letters

Congratulations to those with offers. We are prepping for 11+ and GHS is one of our choices. If anyone has any prep advice or wants to share how much they prepped? Thanks so much

For those not getting in, seriously don't worry, there are arguably much better schools around the area - where one can achieve a pretty wholistic education without all the competition - which, will continue all the way through until sixth form. Its case and point proven - I've lived in the area for 28 years and know many families who have gone - it's stressful - no matter what some parents say to the contrary!

The shear fact that there's an entire thread on "GHS offers" just shows how highly pressured and competitive getting in is.

With that in mind, your girls are clearly all very bright and regardless of whether they got in or not, it's not the end of the world. Maybe see that as a positive? In Guildford and the surrounding villages alone there are some amazing schools, further afield, even more options!

Well done to those two got in - but for those who didn't, you'll do great!

They will allmost always have people on waitlist because there will be people letting go of thier seats for various reasons such as getting offered from grammar schools , relocation issue etc. it’s just that nobody knows how far waitlist moves and you can ask them about your waiting list number.In state schools it’s transparent and it’s entirely dependent on marks. Not sure about GHS

@SouthLondonM Congratulations. You must be pleased. I hope we can avoid the 11+. I don't need the stress 😅

@tennissquare I see. I haven’t yet registered but if there is space to make such a declaration I will. Thanks for the tip 🙂

@Lookingtomoveperhaps - 30 mins is fine.
A while ago for 7plus (when they only have a handful of spaces) they rejected dd who lived in Middlesex (TW postcode) but had reached the academic level to gain a place. In other words they don't want to hand out places if they know they will be rejected by the parents. 4 plus and 11 plus are different because the volume of places in larger but it's always worth adding a note to the registration form that you are planning to move house.

I am pretty sure distance wasn’t a consideration we are in SE London and we got an offer. Super pleased with it, obviously we will move :)

@tennissquare Do they really take distance into account? I’m hoping to register my DD for 4+ but we currently live a little under 30 mins away by car. We would move closer, possibly to Guildford itself, if she got a place. I wouldn’t want to relocate before in case she doesn’t. Do you think they would reject on distance alone, before asking the parents how their DD would commute to school? I’d be surprised if that were the case, especially if they accepted the registration fee beforehand.

@ForRosieJosie , I've known GHS to take distance into account for the 7plus but I don't know about the 11plus. Is the journey by train 1 hour max?
Are your scholarship offers from schools like Sutton High and Woldingham? Did your dd sit for Surbiton High? It gives you an idea of where she sits amongst the cohort taking exams for Sept 25 entry.

I was wondering if there are any parents whose daughters are on the waitlist. We received an email from GHS saying:

“she performed very well and we feel she would thrive here. We are however, limited on the number of places we can offer and at the moment we are only able to offer her a place on our waiting list for Year 7 commencing September 2025.”

DH and I are shocked that DD didn’t receive an offer—she’s quite bright. What’s even more surprising is the wording of the email:

“she performed very well and we feel she would thrive here. …” If she did very well how come DD didn’t get an offer? Are we the only ones confused? 🫤 we feel that GHS is saying DD did well but we decided not to accept her.

Is anyone else on the waitlist, and did you receive a similar or different email? Does anyone know if the waitlist ever moves, or is it just a safety net for GHS? Many thanks 😊

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Thank you , yes we are very proud of her and her achievements. Just wondering if GHs has a travel concerns caus we base in east Surrey almost 1.5 hrs drive away.

Get a NO, DD is so disappointed. Thought might have a YES, as she got three academic scholarships and she was very well prepared for GHS.

Did anyone here receive good news?

I read there are 60-75 seats on offer and I thought around 300 kids attended?

11+, don’t know the other years

What are these results for? 4+, 7+, 11+, or all three?

Couldn’t concentrate on work the whole day 😅. They sent the emails at 16.56 😅

Results are out :) Good luck everyone

Nothing still :( It said by the end of the month, so must be today no? I will give it until 5pm…

Nothing here

Is there anybody who received the post already? We haven't received it yet..

Won’t be anything until Friday Iam guessing