SW London Private & Grammar - applying for year 7 in 2023 (Part II)

[QuiteAJourney]

Continuation of the thread
SW London Girls' Private & Grammar - applying for year 7 in 2023

www.mumsnet.com/talk/secondary/4643252-sw-london-girls-private-grammar-applying-for-year-7-in-2023?page=40

Looking forward to continuing the journey with all of you!!

@Dallasdays and @confu5ed - congrats, a great way to start the weekend!

@tamu1234 our invite says 15 min interview with 2 teachers at the same time. Do you have 25 min?

How rude! Of course my children’s education is a priority for me. I expect it is a priority for the vast majority of parents whether or not they can afford to pay over £20,000 per year per child for a private education. I’m not a troll. I live in SW London and my DC and her friends go to a mixture of state and private schools. All I said in my first post was in reply to a poster saying they wished there was another way and I pointed out that there was.

For Godolphin the email says one interview, with two teachers, lasting approximately 15 minutes in total.

No word from Emanuel here. I also thought it was due next week beginning 9th.

@Dallasdays and @confu5ed congratulations!

So it appears DS has an interview with Claremont but they only let us know after we have sent an email enquiring.
I was under an impression overseas applications were on a same timeline but they now said otherwise. So DS will have his interview later than everyone else.

Sorry for the erroneous email - the invite does say 2:1 interview for 15 min!

Any feedback from last years parents on what type of questions and how the overall experience was? Are there warm up questions to get DC comfortable. I worry that it is difficult to create any impression in such a short time, I fear, especially for a shy DC.

I am a worrier by nature and this whole experience is exacerbating it!

@tamu1234 DD1 did G&L two years ago. It was online though because of covid. It wasn’t horrible at all. It was probably the most serious of the bunch and it was 2 teachers. I’ll see if I can dig out any notes but they definitely showed 5 or 6 images and asked her to group them in any way she liked. They may then have asked her to group them in an additional way and then asked her to pick one of the images and talk about why she picked it. If I can find any more info I will let you know. But despite it being a bit more serious, the interviewers were still very nice and friendly

@Nowfeeltheneedtopost Some people can afford to go private, and some who can afford it will prefer to use that money for other things. Some don't have it and hope for bursaries, while others don't consider private at all. Every decision carries its own set of worries and stresses for the DC as well as for us, but one thing we all have in common is the best interests of our children.

DS was bullied in his state school so I removed him and he's been flourishing ever since. There's no way I'd put him into a local secondary to meet up with the same bullies again, and we're not in a position to move. So for us there was no other practical possibility.

Having done the KGS interview just a matter of hours ago, my DS is desperate for the results. Does anyone know when they are sent out?

@KindergartenKop I've just looked at their website and it just says February. No date mentioned. Did your DS enjoy his interview?

I have never said that people in this thread don’t have the best interests of their DC as their priority. It was @Justlikingit who accused me of not wanting to invest in my children’s education.

@Daydreamscometrue yeah he loves a good chat! Difficult to get him to shut up really. He also got some caramel shortbread so was pleased.

My DD is all confused as she was convinced that they told her at the exam that LEH callbacks were going to happen today. She has obviously got herself mixed up with putney and she has been invited back but it is very much her second choice. Any idea when LEH is due to happen? I think interviews at the end of the month so hopefully not too much longer!

I answered my own question

@KindergartenKop they were very welcoming and I heard people raving about the shortbread 🙂

@Daydreamscometrue I mean the whole point of doing all these exams is to get some shortbread and the best schools are the ones with the best snacks.

they said 9th Feb for posting of offers

Thanks @QuiteAJourney

G&L’s email has this daunting line : “more candidates have been invited to the interview than there are spaces in year 7”. Wonder how many more candidates have they invited. Can any experienced parents please shed light on this? What are the chances of getting a place post the interview?

@Workhar I am also wondering the same thing, but so far no feedback. I also asked admissions when confirming the interview, but just got a thank you response. Also, how are they able to figure it out with only 15 minutes!?!

@SamPoodle123 maybe thats why they have 2 teachers…To figure out a 10 year old in 15 minutes. @GLfam any idea?

My quick calcs: interview from 8-18 so 10 hours -1 hour for lunch break so 9 hours
4 girls per hour so 36 girls per couple of teachers. If there are 20 teachers interviewing that is 10 couples x 36 is 360 girls.

@Lolakath19 yikes. That sounds like a lot! Do you really think that many teachers are interviewing!?