Selective Secondary Schools
Leavers’ Destinations 2018 2017 Last 5 years St Cecilias 13% 17% 21% Ricards Lodge 13% 15% 18% Rutlish 13% 6% 2% Ashcroft 10% 8% 7% Other Merton 12% 4% 5% Other Wandsworth 7% 6% 10% Other state schools 11% 15% 6% Grammar school 4% 4% 6% Independent 20% 17% 18% Regular scholarships – academic, music, sport and drama Figures don’t include parents transferring to independent sector in Year 2 or year 5
General Observations • Limitations of school advice o Teacher vs senior leader o We don’t hold a WPPS “opinion” on schools o Experience is limited • Increasing demand leading to higher entrance standards over time • We don’t do specific preparation o 75% of our children go to non selective schools o VR/NVR club run by Miss Jessop
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) o Wandsworth test mid Sept o Selective Eligibility Test (SET) early Sept o Common to Greenshaw, Nonsuch Girls, Sutton Grammar, Wallington, Wallington High and Wilson's • Independent selective schools
Selective School Destinations Graveney City of London Freeman’s School Greenshaw Colfes Nonsuch Dulwich College Sutton Grammar Emanuel The Tiffin Girls' School Ewell Castle Tiffin School Hall School Wallington Grammar for Boys Ibstock Place Wallington High for Girls King’s College Wilsons Kingston Grammar Lycee Francais Putney High Radnor House Reeds St Johns Leatherhead Surbiton High Thames Christian College Whitgift Wimbledon High
Grammar Schools Timeline May Registration for the Selective Eligibility Test (open until early Sept Jun/Jul Open evenings (some in Sept too) Sep/Oct Selective Eligibility Test/First stage tests Oct/Nov Second stage tests (not all schools) Oct 31 Complete Common Application Form naming selective schools Mar 1 Offer day
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?
Academic survival and Preparation? Source: King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
Likelihood of getting in? Typically, out of cohort of 80-90 children: 20% sit the stage 1 tests Roughly half “pass” stage 1 About 5% receive offers 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 (independent school)
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?
Independent Schools Timeline Before Oct Registration Sep/Oct Open days Nov-Feb Interviews Jan Tests typically in VR (sometimes NVR), maths and English (reading and writing) Mid Feb Outcomes and offers School references provided on our standard form
2019 Independent School Applications • 20 children applied for places • 10 children offered at least one place • 3 academic scholarships offered • 1 further child on waiting list for places • 10 children no offers • 8 different schools
2018 Independent School Places Hampton 1 Emanuel 3 Ewell Castle 1 Hurlingham 1 Kingston Grammar 1 Whitgift 1 Kings College 2
Final comments • Y5 vs Y6 applications o Impact on Wimbledon Park o No better chance of getting in o ‘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
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