Watford Grammar Girls (Admission Vs Academic Performance)
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:56 am
Hi All
Could anyone whose DD goes to WGGS or knows about WGGS performance please enlighten me about the following -
I could see WGGS has 117 community places & 63 specialist places (academic/music ability) , my understanding is all these community places are allocated based on catchment, siblings, staff kids etc., (i.e, Not through academic ability), and some for Music aptitude test, probably only around 45 places based on academic ?
How come they are able to produce good academic result similar to fully selective school. eg., A levels 2014 result - %A*AB in WGGS is 82.18% (Partially Selective), whereas it is 80.21% in Dr Challoners and Wallington Girls - 80.08% (fully selective ones) , this makes me think probably my understanding is not correct. Please correct me.
I didnt get a chance to see their GCSE performance yet.
Is there any cull happening after GCSE ?
Could anyone whose DD goes to WGGS or knows about WGGS performance please enlighten me about the following -
I could see WGGS has 117 community places & 63 specialist places (academic/music ability) , my understanding is all these community places are allocated based on catchment, siblings, staff kids etc., (i.e, Not through academic ability), and some for Music aptitude test, probably only around 45 places based on academic ?
How come they are able to produce good academic result similar to fully selective school. eg., A levels 2014 result - %A*AB in WGGS is 82.18% (Partially Selective), whereas it is 80.21% in Dr Challoners and Wallington Girls - 80.08% (fully selective ones) , this makes me think probably my understanding is not correct. Please correct me.
I didnt get a chance to see their GCSE performance yet.
Is there any cull happening after GCSE ?