SLIDE 1
Selective Secondary Schools
SLIDE 2 Leavers’ Destinations
2017 2016 Last 5 years St Cecilias 17% 14% 21% Ricards Lodge 15% 33% 18% Rutlish 13% 2% 6% Ashcroft 10% 5% 8% Other Merton 4% 0% 5% Other Wandsworth 6% 9% 10% Other state schools 15% 7% 6% Grammar school 4% 7% 7% Independent 17% 23% 19%
Figures don’t include parents transferring to independent sector in Year 2 or year 5
Regular scholarships – academic, music, sport and drama
SLIDE 3 General Observations
- Limitations of school advice
- Teacher vs senior leader
- We don’t hold a WPPS “opinion” on schools
- Experience is limited
- Increasing demand leading to higher
entrance standards over time
- We don’t do specific preparation
- 75% of our children go to non selective schools
- VR/NVR club in Summer for familiarisation
SLIDE 4 Types of Selective School Places
- State selective schools
- Fully selective (grammar schools in Sutton and Kingston)
- Partially selective – typically 25-30% (Graveney, Burntwood,
Ernest Bevin, Greenshaw)
- Wandsworth test mid Sept
- Selective Eligibility Test (SET) early Sept
- Common to Greenshaw, Nonsuch Girls, Sutton Grammar,
Wallington, Wallington High and Wilson's
- Independent selective schools
SLIDE 5 Selective School Destinations
Graveney Greenshaw Nonsuch Sutton Grammar The Tiffin Girls' School Tiffin School Wallington Grammar for Boys Wallington High for Girls Wilsons City of London Freeman’s School Colfes Dulwich College Emanuel Ewell Castle Hall School Ibstock Place King’s College Kingston Grammar Lycee Francais Putney High Radnor House Reeds St Johns Leatherhead Surbiton High Thames Christian College Whitgift Wimbledon High
SLIDE 6
Grammar Schools Timeline
May Jun/Jul Sep/Oct Oct/Nov Oct 31 Mar 1 Registration for the Selective Eligibility Test (open until early Sept Open evenings (some in Sept too) Selective Eligibility Test/First stage tests Second stage tests (not all schools) Complete Common Application Form naming selective schools Offer day
SLIDE 7 Grammar: Key Parent Issues
- What chance does my child have of getting
in?
- How much preparation should I do?
- Will my child thrive in an academic
hothouse?
- They are all far from Wimbledon Park
- They are all single gender
- What about siblings?
SLIDE 8 Academic survival and Preparation?
Source: King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
SLIDE 9
Likelihood of getting in?
In 2018 out of 80 children:
16 children sat the stage 1 tests, 9 children sat stage 2 tests, 4 children were offered places
Indicators of likelihood using standard score averages
230+ (cohort top half) have a “chance” (30%+) 250+ (top quartile) have a “good chance” (60%+) 255+ (top 10%) have “high chance” 259/260 for scholarship possibility
SLIDE 10 Grammar: Key Parent Issues
- What chance does my child have of getting
in?
- How much preparation should I do?
- Will my child thrive in an academic
hothouse?
- They are all far from Wimbledon Park
- They are all single gender
- What about siblings?
SLIDE 11
Independent Schools Timeline
Before Oct Sep/Oct Nov-Feb Jan Mid Feb Registration Open days Interviews Tests typically in VR (sometimes NVR), maths and English (reading and writing) Outcomes and offers
School references provided on our standard form
SLIDE 12 2018 Independent School Applications
- 21 children applied for places
- 16 children offered at least one place
- 3 academic scholarships offered
- 1 further child on waiting list for places
- 4 children no offers
- 9 different schools
SLIDE 13
2018 Independent School Places
Surbiton High 3 Emanuel 3 Ewell Castle 2 Harrodian 2 Kingston Grammar 2 Whitgift 1 Wimbledon High 1 Sutton High 1 Kings College 1
SLIDE 14 Final comments
- Y5 vs Y6 applications
- Impact on Wimbledon Park
- No better chance of getting in
- ‘Rite of passage’ final year
- Always apply for state school as a back up
- Expectations, pressure, social sensitivity
- We’re happy to meet with parents
