Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Secondary education

Connect with other parents whose children are starting secondary school on this forum.

Original poster

So where's this years Trinity/Whitgift/Dulwich/Alleyns thread

999 replies

soooooooknowwhat · 05/01/2018 21:18

And any other schools you may wish to add... Have used threads from the previous few years as part of my research and ds sat Trinity today! I'm more of a lurker than a thread starter but decided to bite the bullet and offer a hand to hold. Good luck to all dc's sitting exams over the next few weeks! Grin

OP posts:
lilybookins · 12/01/2018 09:29

No there's no level 6 anymore but I was told that my daughter was expected to get 'level 6's' in 'old money' and that that would probably equate to SAT scores of 110 and over (though actually I think it's more like 115 and over) I don't know if prep schools do SATs though? (she was at a state school)

MrsPatmore · 12/01/2018 10:22

Alleyn's emailed, if I remember correctly from last year, for scholarship interviews. I think DC called.

yogli666 · 12/01/2018 11:21

DC letter out?

Tolacar · 12/01/2018 11:34

Haven't received the post yet......😩

spacecadet48 · 12/01/2018 11:39

Haven't received anything in the post from DC

Tolacar · 12/01/2018 13:08

Nothing in the post here from DC

yogli666 · 12/01/2018 13:20

is it true they call people to set dates or is it just a letter?

spacecadet48 · 12/01/2018 13:24

yogli666 I checked the letter and it states we should expect a letter within a few days of the exam with either invite to interviews which start on Monday or a not successful.. There is no mention of calls but someone else mentioned on hear that they call to arrange interview for potential scholarship candidates.

yogli666 · 12/01/2018 13:40

thanks!

isa2 · 12/01/2018 14:15

Snailmail does seem rather a slow and laborious device for this, I wonder why not email. Poor boys, they are very young for all this!

yogli666 · 12/01/2018 14:21

indeed a joke...let alone if postoffice
screws things up...

orangina · 12/01/2018 15:25

Nothing from DC today for me either..... (gah!)

spacecadet48 · 12/01/2018 15:47

I have spoken to other parents and no one has heard a thing from DC. I thought the interviews started next Monday too!

Tolacar · 12/01/2018 17:55

Just found this on another website forum..re Dulwich College.

Hi I’m also waiting for my son 11 plus outcome. I Phoned the admin department today and a lady said she was posting out the results today. She said they where interviewing from Monday. If we haven’t received a letter by Monday she said call her. She said letters for both successful and unsuccessful where both being sent out. Well fingers crossed I hope it good news....

spacecadet48 · 12/01/2018 18:24

Thanks for the update that's appreciated. I am not hopeful for a interview with DC but will be glad to at least find out!

orangina · 12/01/2018 20:13

I have no idea what to expect in terms of whether DS will get an interview at DC.... his performance sitting papers is so inconsistent and he said that he found the Dulwich papers easy, which tends to worry me.... Shock

Will just be glad to know one way or another I think.

MeetieVonWrinkleSqueak · 12/01/2018 20:29

Crikey, that sounds either incredibly disorganised or incredibly thoughtless of Dulwich if they’ve only posted out interview letters today!

What if your interview is Monday? - it doesn’t give you much time to organise time off work if you don’t get the letter until the weekend Confused

Or are they just assuming that anyone who can afford the fees is so rich that they either don’t need to work, or are the boss and so can just take the day off if they want to.

Bizarre.

Tolacar · 12/01/2018 20:34

I'm pretty sure they must have been in touch with those for interview on Monday by phone...they did advise in their letters when the interview dates would be so I guess you have to be mindful of those dates. I wouldn't think they assume people are rich....::....

AnotherNewt · 13/01/2018 08:15

"Crikey, that sounds either incredibly disorganised or incredibly thoughtless of Dulwich if they’ve only posted out interview letters today!
"What if your interview is Monday? - it doesn’t give you much time to organise time off work if you don’t get the letter until the weekend confused"

It's not quite like that. It's not a wrong description, but it's not complete, so it's misleading.

They ring those they want to interview: as I posted above: "For DC, good news is a phone call (and they sometimes ring well into the evening) offering an interview time. Letter/email confirming it follows (if they still bother with those)"

It seems they do still send a confirmatory letter. And they they are posted the same day as the 'no thanks' letters.

But yes, they do expect you to be available for the interview slot. The days they interview are published well in advance, and although stuff does come up, there is an expectation that you will plan for your child to be able to attend.

All SW London schools are rather like this - they are fitting in a lot of interviews in a short time, and need it concluded by a (loosely) co-ordinated offers timetable. They need their interviewees to be available in interview days. DC publishes its admissions timetable a year or more in advance, so there is plenty of notice of key dates.

orangetiger · 13/01/2018 08:38

My ds doing whitgift sports assessment on Monday. Does anyone know roughly how many take the assessment v how many scholarships they offer?. Also do they only offer scholarships to national level or are they looking for raw talent?

MrsPatmore · 13/01/2018 09:02

DC rang us last year (I think it was by Thursday) as our ds had the Monday interview. It was short notice but, as another has pointed out, the interview days are communicated in advance. Ds was offered a scholarship so possibly the early interviews are for scholarship candidates?

I'd also heard they were alphabetically interviewing but I don't think this was the case as a fellow parent with the same letter surname - 'C') had an interview the following week. He was offered a place too but with no scholarship.

spacecadet48 · 13/01/2018 09:06

I thought DC only called scholarship candidates and letters sent to everyone else. Well if it is calls only it will be a bad news letter for us today and everyone else i know who applied!

FairNotFair · 13/01/2018 09:40

We got a letter yesterday for a Tuesday slot

isa2 · 13/01/2018 09:43

Indeed, we know a few people who have applied including some pretty brainy boys, none had heard anything up to yesterday and it seems hard to believe all have failed to reach interview stage.

True that they have published the timetable in advance, but there are so many times on it that it's really not possible to keep them all free. I'm a doctor and, depending on the exact timing, will may well have to cancel a busy clinic of NHS patients at short notice in order to be there. It does feel wrong (and pains me a bit more to be doing it as it's a private school). I do prefer the ones with weekend times and/or a smaller number of potential times.

Anyone had this morning's post yet? Hmm

isa2 · 13/01/2018 09:44

Ah that's very interesting FairNotFair, thanks for sharing!