Good luck to everyone sitting the T exams, today and tomorrow. And all those have have sat other exams and have more to sit. My DS sat DC, T, & W a couple of years ago, he is happily settled in T. He thankfully passed all 3 and decided on T. I remember the stress all too well, well worth it in the end. Yes, I hear chickens are still a good part of T.
My Godson sat T & W 10+ last year, he chose W, so kinda went through it all with him again. He is very happy there as well. His parents found the waiting took a lot out of them, as W didn't send 'no thanks' letters and they were waiting quite a while. I believe also both T & W had issues around the interview time with the snowy weather, especially with sports scholarship assessments. So far weather seems reasonable this year. Godson said there are 61 boys in year 6 at W (one boy left for family reasons, relocation/ went to boarding school, I think), and another has just joined this term, but he was always going to join late, they knew from the start of the academic year. Supports what his mum told me when they went to see one of the admissions teachers ( long story, around scholarship offer), that more boys accepted places than anticipated.
Early days yet, but in terms of the "preferred" boys' independent school in Croydon. I really think it depends on who you speak to, and swings and roundabouts between the 2 schools, and there is no particular trend. Both schools are strong academically and in the same league and offer excellent co-curricular opportunities. In my experience also, with local prep schools, they tend to advise parents about the 'perceived' best school for that particular boy and not in terms of one school generally being preferred over the other.
Again, all the best to everyone. I have to do this all over again next year with DD