Online 7+ exam Westminster Under School

[Mumsnot1825]

Is anyone else's son studying for the WUS 7+ next week? It's now going online... so I'm now worried this has basically turned it into a Cheaters' Charter. Surely there'll be loads of parents just completing the tests for their kids? What do you think?

@fionaming I agree with you that the decision making is probably done. Well only less than 24hours to go and the mystery will be over. I wonder if they will play safe and pick all Wetherby’s boys. It’s probably a safe space for them.

[quote Nowworried]@fionaming I agree with you that the decision making is probably done. Well only less than 24hours to go and the mystery will be over. I wonder if they will play safe and pick all Wetherby’s boys. It’s probably a safe space for them.[/quote]
I believe there will be quite a few Wetherby boys as it is always each year. And if we also take capable siblings into consideration, there might not be more than 10 spaces left ?

So approximately 70 DC fighting for 10 spaces!

@Nowworried

So approximately 70 DC fighting for 10 spaces!

I feel the chance is very slim tbh. Actually, it is over 300 for around 10.

@fionaming They said 180 sat for the initial assessment this time.

But there will be about 10 spaces left considering siblings and feeder school preferences

Siblings don’t get a preference.

@annalenav really? We know a couple of families at the school who have had a second/third son in, not to take away form their children's talents, but I presumed they had the added advantage of having an older sibling at the school. Isn't that the case with most schools though?

@Nataly21 official policy is no and I know two families where the younger sibling didn’t make it. But who knows for sure?

They take capable sibling. It's merit based only

[quote Nataly21]@fionaming They said 180 sat for the initial assessment this time.[/quote]
Thanks. I thought it was more or less the same as last year

@annalenav I suppose @fionaming has a point. Both younger siblings are very talented. Tutored yes but also talented.

They do have sibling preference but they have to be capable.

No point in only having those who got first round offers on the zoom today. If they offer 22 places and 2 say no (and some do for all sorts of reasons) the other parents further down the list wouldn’t have “seen” the school.

@Sunnysidewalk. That’s why these schools won’t just give the same number of offers as what they would admit. They always over offer and also have a waiting list. I heard last year KCS over offered so much that nobody on waiting list moved

Last year the offers went out in the morning. Good luck all.

The webinar gave no option to see how many people were on the call or to unmute. I just wanted to make sure I was muted and in the process realised that didn’t have any options available. It felt that the decision has been made as it was all referred in the past tense. Questions related to selection weren’t answered directly.

Has anyone received an email?

The letter has come DS got offered

@StrugglingPa so did we

When did you get your offer relieved1234 ?Is this for 7 or 8 plus?

DS got an offer!

We got in by email before 3 . This is for the 7+

@Relieved1234 Congrats!

We don’t and my assumption is right. School is dishonest and has no respect towards all the parents and students.