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

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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!!

thanks all :) For info and those interested, the email mentioned more than 1400 candidates, 440 interviewed and 160 places.

DS has an interview at LU!

congrats!

well done @Daydreamscometrue

Congratulations to those who made it to second round for LU!

@Lolakath19 thanks for that info. Interesting to know how many candidates made it to the next round. I wish we had applied! We do not hear from any schools until after the first week of Jan! Such a long wait.

Just posted on the previous threat regarding the LU email :) We are also up for an interview on the 10th. Really interesting that they post the numbers, especially given our discussion and speculations about schools' numbers in general! It is really transparent of them.

On the topic of interviews - CLSG's interview date is January 18 which coincidentally is Putney High's Athena's assessment. Has anyone been in a similar situation?

@FriendlyMom our CLSG interview date clashes with FHSS interview.. CLSG say in the email they wont change it, so I guess you have to find an alternative with the other school..

Same mention in the email, @Lolakath19 - inflexible in terms of change on their end. Both schools, FHSS and CLSG interview all girls who sit the exam (2 stage in the case of City).

I assume one of the schools will give an alternative date. I am told by Putney, the schools usually discuss these things so they all do not pick the same dates. I guess they can not discuss w all schools!

@Lolakath19 thanks and you

Does the LU info say that the 160 places includes the 40 or so coming up from the Prep?

DD got LU interview too - delighted for her as she really wants to go there!

We were wondering if the 440 to be interviewed for 160 places included the Latymer prep school kids. Anyone have any thoughts?

@11plusdoneanddusted

I posted exactly the same question before reading yours!

Congrats on the LU interviews! The numbers sound like pretty good odds as I'm assuming they must have to over offer significantly.

There will be about 160 in total in the year so assuming most move up there will be about 120 external places.

@Daydreamscometrue Many congratulations, your DS is doing so well!

@FriendlyMom Congratulations! I am pretty sure that they can schedule to accommodate - I know people that have been given alternative interview / group assessment slots on account of clashes. Maybe worth phoning them to flag up / know the range of slots that they will have available.

The website reads
How many children in a year group?
Year 7 typically has 168 children, 44 usually move up from Year 6
in Latymer Prep and approx 125
join from primary and prep schools with a fairly even split of private and state schools.

DS at LU- I'm interested in the thread because relatives not on mumsnet has applied! I remember them being pretty transparent with numbers when we applied.

Congrats to all those with LU interviews. Getting into the final 440 from 1400 is no mean feat. They should all feel v proud of themselves. 💪

Wow 1400!! Congrats to all those with interviews. A great achievement.
Thanks for the advice re the scholarship, not obvious from website/ communication. We will see!

Congrats to everyone through to LU! We didn't look at the school in the end but it sounds great. Based on the numbers quoted it sounds like those who have an interview will have a good chance of a place

seems like CLSG candidates have interview slots across 2 weeks! And it is not possible to change the slots. Not sure how can they make sure this is a fair process as the DDs got later slot might have slight advantage?

Interesting that LU have turned around marking 1400 maths and English papers, collating data and communicating results in a 8 days. The schools using Atom which gives instantaneous results, on the other hand, don’t get back to you until January!

Thank you @Lolakath19 , makes sense.

Anyone get offers from CLFS today? DS has been put on the waiting list.