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Westminster School Scholarship?

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silverflowers · 22/08/2018 15:20

My dd is going into year 10 in her grammar school. I know this is early but she's set on getting a scholarship to Westminster School for sixth form. She got full marks in the 11+, has been on the gifted and talented seem since she was old enough and is predicted all 8s and 9s (straight a*s) for her gcses. (a lot brighter than I am haha). I was wondering how hard the scholarship exam is, and what it contains, there is barely any information anywhere and she wants to be prepared.

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expat96 · 04/09/2018 16:04

In my experience it’s exaggerated.
How extensive is your experience?

AsAProfessionalFekko · 04/09/2018 17:01

I think people assume all the kids are little Einsteins or hothouses with tutors on tap.

A friend of my sister made a comment about DS having his place 'bought' at school - my sister pointed out that he is actally pretty smart (he takes after his grandpa - he doesn't take after me), wasn't tutored and passed some pretty hard exams for his place. People make some horrible comments actually.

abtws · 18/12/2018 21:44

Dear needmoresleep,
when did your DD get notified about the waitlist? My DD is waitlisted and a bit curious to know the timing? Do you have an idea of how many people get waitlisted?
Thanks!

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