10+ entry for secondary schools 2026

Same here - not as intense or difficult as our DS or we thought it would be. A couple of questions regarding hobbies, what he is currently reading, why he wants to go to Whitgift. We were asked why we were choosing Whitgift. Fairly casual conversation. Now the dreaded waiting game 😬

Hi everyone, I’m interested to hear more about out the writing assessment for Trinity and the responding to prompts task. Does anyone remember any of these questions? Many thanks

Ours went very well. DS said it was a very easy and fluid conversation with no academic tests or questions. Well, there was a simple maths question but other than that it was just a chat to find out more about DS. I’d say the same about the interview with us, the parents.

(In comparison, there was some academic questions at Trinity).
We left feeling positive but you just never know. We met during open days with boys who said they were interviewed in both Trinity and Whitgift, but only got offer from one, so it’s just a waiting game now. How did it go for you guys?

Best of luck to all those interviewing tomorrow at Whitgift 🤞cant wait till this is all over 🥴

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Thank you @MunchkinJ and @Ready0rNot. My DS who has his interview coming up for Trinity is being asked to attend a 15 minute interview along with 2 classroom based sessions. There is no mention of a parent interview. Wonder if anyone else's DS had the same experience?

I wrote the post you mention, you can find it on the first page of the thread I believe.

@Nov2025 @Ready0rNot for the Trinity parent interviews with the headmaster, is it more about them checking that your son is a good fit? We have ours for the 11+ coming up, and I am feeling a bit nervous! Would appreciate any intel on whether it’s worth preparing for the parent interviews?

@Rayo2025 have had a look online for what lind of common questions may come up, and worked with my son to put some bullet points down. I want to him to speak naturally, but not freeze - so thought it would be helpful to e.g. pick 3 hobbies/sports to talk about if they ask about that, have an idea what his favourite subject is at school etc. but no more than bullet points on a paper. Then when he has his interview in a couple of weeks he has something to look over before going in just so he has a starting point to speak from.

Can I ask how you/DS are preparing for the interviews? We have been going over questions online but not sure if we need to be doing anything else?

I think both schools are excellent options and any offers we get, we will be happy with.
When we began this journey of looking at schools etc, Whitgift was our son’s number one and I just loved the inclusivity of Trinity. My husband liked both equally. As we revisited both W and T over the last couple of years we could tell that there is an obvious difference between the two. For me, Whitgift feels traditional in every sense - the look, the way communication happened and the style in which the written exam was conducted.
Trinity, maybe less sporty but def more academic on the basis of the results, is a big block of concrete where the beauty lies within as far as I can tell. Each time we visited I felt the students and teachers alike wanted to include you and both the assessment and the interview were friendly and put my son at ease.
Ultimately, if both schools were to offer a place I think we would go with Trinity - mostly because my son thinks that the teachers are simply really nice and friendly in Trinity and ultimately (I think) it is a teacher who can make you love or hate a subject and become incredibly invested and good at something.

We’re doing the 11+ rather than 10+, but my son sounds very similar to you. We all love the Whitgift grounds and facilities way more, but something about Trinity just feels very wholesome and kind. Though it’s not beautiful on the outside, once you’re indoors the facilities were great. We have a friend with a son at Whitgift - who loves it and has thrived there - but we still really favour Trinity for that indefinable gut feel reason that it would be a good fit. On a more subjective level, I really like the diversity and that the cross-section is more like London really is. My son is coming from a prep; it may just be that we worry that his life has always been so privileged that that feels important to us.

Congratulations- we got ours today too :) good luck to everyone 🤞

Anyone else got their invitation from Whitgift? :)

How did the interview go?

we have older children at Trinity and have no doubt they will be managing the coed transition very well, it's been a very rounded, intelligente and nurturing school so far. Following this thread as applying for 10+ for our DD to our local school, but if it doesn't work out we will defo apply to Trinity for her too next year for the first coed cohort.

So Whitgift will email on the week commencing with the 12th of January and the lucky ones will be interviewed on the 17th of January. Plus scholarships I guess.
Trinity interviews are ongoing till the end of January as well.
Offers are sent on the 13th of February!