Graveney - worth a try?

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We are living around Wimbledon (still in Wandsworth borough though). It took us almost an hour to Graveney open event last week, but DS really liked the school. As we are not in Graveney's catchment area, we can only hope for the 70 grammar places. Do you think it worth a try? Thank you.

Put the schools in the exact order that you prefer them.

The schools offer the place based entirely on how far you meet the admissions criteria , not where you put the school on the list.

If more than one school could offer a place you will be offered the one you put highest in your list.

So someone with a sky high Graveney score could put it second on the list, but if they put a school that could offer a place on distance, or an even higher selective score , then they will be offered their first choice.

Conversely, if you put Graveney first, with your borderline score, people who put it last with a higher score will be offered it if none of their higher preferences can offer.

The system is as it is. You put your schools in the exact order you prefer them, and you need to include at least one school that you are certain would admit (usually your nearest comprehensive).

Good luck!

We are in Graveney and thinking in leaving, that place is not fit for purpose, their SEN dept is awful, communication is bad, and the bullying is atrocious. Academically are good, but life as a SEN child is pure misery being bullied every day. Complaints get push under the carpet and nothing is done, in the meantime, the MH of children will deteriorated.

I've known quite a lot of children who did not achieve a high enough Graveney score but did pass Tiffin or another grammar. It is not correct to say it is easy to walk into Graveney, especially with zero preparation. However, is it not the case that, where two candidates achieve the same score, the one living nearer gets priority? So distance can be a factor? Not sure if that's the case these days.

This makes sense considering they test for different things. The wandsworth test used for Graveny tests only NVR and VR, while Tiffins tests for Math/English. Some children are better at one or the other.