Whitgift and Trinity 11+ interviews - follow on

[frankies69]

Hi all

I have decided to restart this thread good luck for friday!!!!

I'm all done for now - DD is only 6 :)

It's a yes and a sports scholarship from W. I now love my dead postman!!!!

Hi guys, I am on but not with good news!!! Unfortunately my DS has not been successful in securing a place at W so my wait carries on until March 1st to see what state school he gets . I have not actually received a letter but I have rung and been told the sad news

We had what we thought was an amazing interview but obviously they saw us differently to how we see ourselves and our DS

kravings devestated for you not getting the bursary..I just wonder if they are not giving as many this year as we too tried for a bursary....

Everyone else who has got places I am absolutely thrilled for you if not suffering a bit of . If you are all going to meet up in the future count me in one the disappointment has worn off!!!

I will keep coming on and see how you are all doing and to you all for your support in the last few weeks and months xx

Well done havinganightmare! Great news!

Confusingly we had a letter from Tonbridge as well as our chosen school in the post just now, though no offer from the former . Ds1 had a guaranteed place at his senior school but ds2 will have to go through selection in a couple of years (and we'll probably apply to every school just in case!).

lol havinganightmare great news!

oh I am so sorry to hear your news frankies - tbh I am a , we are here for you...you and I can wait until 1st March and I am sure we will get the news we want.

Thanks kravings Heres to the 1st March, thats if the tears stop by then!! [sad}

Thanks kravings Heres to the 1st March, thats if the tears stop by then!!

Well done to those with offers and especially scholarships, sorry frankie.

Pleased to report that dd got her 2 offers :o (sorry to muscle in on this thread but the other one is very quiet) LM, were all those in your ds1 school who sat the 11+ exam pretty much guaranteed places ? dd may be joining them .... Did he sit the Tonbridge pre-test as thought those results were due out before now ?

Hi all

Congratulations to all those who have had the desired results so far! Ultimately, the fact that you are the kind of parents who are on here stressing about secondary schools in the first place means that your kids already have a head-start in life, no matter what the outcome is right now.

I have been an on-looker for a while, enjoying the fun, but not wanting to gate-crash

However, I have a burning question that I want to ask and can't think of a better place to go with it (although it's probably just wishful thinking on my part). Presumably some of candidates who have been offered scholarships/bursaries will turn them down for other offers elsewhere. In these cases, what happens next? Are some kids with full-fee places then offered the unused scholarships/bursaries or does the money just remain in the pool for next year's candidates or other purposes?

Offers from W and T! Decisions to make!

miss600 we were wondering that very thing re declined awards. Lots of 11+ candidates must be offered multiple places and awards. Difficult one to drop into the conversation though , lol !

Oh, Frankie :(

thanks soupy...

miss600/LIZS - you took the words out of my mouth...I need to know too.

Can anyone answer that?

I'd wondered that about re-offering scholarships when we first went through this but I think they expect some not to be taken up as children who are offered awards are often offered more than one at different schools.

I specifically asked about this and at one school we applied to, the specialist scholarships were re-offered if not taken up (sport, music etc) but at the others they didn't offer anything to anyone else if scholarships weren't taken up.

Anyone who sat for 12+ W? Would a wait-listed have very low chance of getting in in 12+, as fewer number of places?? May have to wait until offereds accept/decline by 7 March(?).

frankies69, I'm so sorry, and gutted for you. . I hope that you get good news on the 1st.

LIZS, all of the prep school Year 6 were guaranteed. Congratulations to your dd!

No ds didn't sit the pretest for Tonbridge, though I love the school. Just we were left in a complicated situation having lost faith in the local 13+ school but the commute to The Hawthorns being too far. We're very happy with the current school, and concluded that we would only be sitting ds1 for other schools in order to try to negotiate a better award for him at his current school (or to get bragging rights along with the rest of our friends with dc going through this). As ds2 can't get into the prep school he will have to go through the entrance exam competitively to Trinity, Whitigft etc and I didn't want to have already made any impression via ds1!

Sad news today:( not sure how to break the news to DS. Really shocked as we thought we would be OK. "You did exceedingly well to make it to the final stages for consideration, but the competition for places this year was very high and it is with regret that we are unable to make you an offer of a place this year" how do I translate this to a ten year old boy. Deeply saddened. I hope you have all faired much better and hope that you have all won the places you wanted.

keepingittogether I am so sorry to hear your news.

So, so sorry frankies69 and keepingittogether - that is just gutting and so hard to explain to your boys. Sometimes it can be really difficult to understand what happened but it may just be that the competition was exceptionally high this year. I'm sure your boys will go on to great things with your love and support.

frankies69 you have some good state options so fingers crossed for 1 March.

Congratulations to havinganightmare, LadyMuck and LIZS re your offers (and scholarship for havinganightmare's ds!!)

As for re-offering scholarships, it does happen and in one case when a scholarship was turned down very late it was converted into a bursary offer for another boy.

Tears have stopped now. It was an 18 month long effort, but we will try again.

Thanks Kravings and sorry for being so selfish and not congratulating you and the others - really a very BIG well done and I am so pleased for you. Just heard from friend whose DS has a W offer for Year 7, plays Hockey for Surrey and gifted batsman but amazingly has not won a sports scholarship or a bursary which places DW & DH in strained position. Friend called W earlier and questioned the scholarship and was told that this year has seen an unprecedented demand for bursaries and scholarships which has stretched resources and limited awards, how sad for them. Saving grace without assistance we would not have accepted a place if we had won one.

So sorry keepingittogether :(

Am getting the feeling that this year has perhaps been more competitive than others all round. Hadn't fully appreciated that until now, such as in LM's school's case that probably left 200+ external candidates competing for around 60 places.

Thanks LIZS, I believe that it is a sign of the times with these schools receiving unprecedented demand for both places and financial support. Now beginning to rationalise.