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

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Continuation from

www.mumsnet.com/talk/secondary/4697901-sw-london-private-grammar-applying-for-year-7-in-2023-part-ii?page=40&reply=122947087

An opportunity for parents of DC applying to private and grammar schools in SW London for entry in year 7 in 2023 to share their journeys.

Congratulations on getting a Kings interview. It was a no for us but DS did get through to interview stage at WUS, St Pauls, Latymer, City and Emanuel. It is interesting isn’t it… although he didn’t finish the Kings paper and found it difficult, as time went on he did get used to the exam process.

Many thanks - huge relief.

Well done to your DS as well - hope it all goes smoothly on the day.

Did anyone else apply to JAGS and waiting to hear back about scholarships this week?
And Alleys next round results i think come out tomorrow too?

@momomamiko congrats too!
And sorry to hear, @MrsAFlorrick. all the best for the future

Harrodian interview emails out. DD got an invite.

Congratulations to your DD @QuiteAJourney

Harrodian is a no for us. We're out.

@11minus I am so sorry for the disappointment. Sending you and DC very best wishes.

Really sorry to hear that. I hope your Head can help you find a suitable solution. Does your prep go to 13? Ours doesn't but there usually ends up with a few moving to preps that do every year. I think that was why we were all advised to sit extra exams this year. Even having done that I am still petrified of the 11+ process.

That's it for us, my DD has made it thru to zero interviews. Not one school wanted to even talk to my DD.

So sorry to hear that @11minus do you have a good state option? Sending you lots of good vibes.

@11minus I am sorry to hear that. This process is not easy. I hope you have good state options near you? Sometimes things are a blessing in disguise and maybe something else will turn up that suits your dd better.

@NellyCortado @momomamiko congrats on getting through to kings!

@11minus - have you considered Fulham School (they do an 11+ entry to their prep school and then through to their senior school, I think). There's also the new Northwood Senior school opening in Clapham. Hopefully your headteacher can help further, but just some thoughts for when you are ready to turn your mind to it. For now, take good care and so sorry you and DD are going through this.

@11minus, so sorry to hear.
Please speak with your head, they need to own the poor advice they have given you.
In addition to Fulham school , you might want to look into preps going to 13+ and The Hall in Wimbledon.

Sorry to hear.

Like some say, this can be a long game with places coming up later in the process. Hope it will work for you and your DC.

Thank you! @SamPoodle123

I’m so sorry @11minus it is such a brutal process.

I don’t know what your other plans are but we know lots of people who have very happy kids at the international schools or one of the newer secondaries, if you are still looking. I’m pretty sure the international schools are rolling admissions and there are a range of options (large, suburban campuses to tiny, urban schools). We live close to Kensington Park School and apparently it was founded by a former St Paul’s head and is already performing well. As a not yet known school, I think it’s also got flexible admissions. (We went to the open house and then kept bumping into the teachers as we walked around the neighborhood which horrified my daughter so we crossed it off our list!). Someone else I know has a very happy daughter at the new Maida Vale School. There are lots of reasons why kids go to these schools - some just have parents who flat out refuse to go through the 11+, others don’t want their kids to do GCSEs, etc.

Please remember that this process says nothing about your DD. Since I worry that I’ve put mine through all this and we won’t have an offer I’ll share what my good friend (with older kids) said when I articulated that to her, in case you’re going down that rabbit hole…always be so proud of yourself and your DD for trying. It will work out for her (and you) and the evidence for that is that you all tried. You will always be looking out for the best opportunities for her, and we will all win some and lose some - and depending on our attitudes, we will all do well whatever we get. All the best to you and your family. Xx

DS got an invite. I think they massively over invited as per the email pointer.

Harrodian is a funny one - cant quite figure out what they look for.

@SamPoodle123 Yes I’d give them a ring or drop them an email. I thought they’d confirmed interview dates so you may have missed an email. The team are very friendly I’m sure they’ll be able to confirm.

congrats.
Email line on not being able to offer to all invites to interview is, in different forms, quite standard nowadays.
Agree that it is one of the most difficult schools to fathom.

I havent heard back about Emanuel dates either. Their original email says we should hear back by the end of Monday (16th) at the latest. I'll give them till the end of today before I start chasing, although I would like to hear ASAP as there might not be enough time to sort out clashes.

@SamPoodle123 I heard the invites for next Saturday and Monday were out already while we should received the details for the remaining days within today. Anytime now I guess...

@WNLastX thanks and yes, you are right...I will wait until tomorrow to call, as it said by end of today we should get emails.

@Mumyofthree hopefully sooner then later!

Thats a shame because we put Monday at the top of our list because of clashes. Dammit