TWGGS waiting list and Weald of Kent annexe
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 10:18 am
Can anyone help with two questions please?
DD has a place at the Weald Annexe in Sevenoaks. She passed the 11 plus comfortably but not well enough for TOGS (which was fine as we did not think that was the right school for her). She loved the Weald Annexe but didn't like the main school at all (we loved the grounds and thought the pupils and staff we spoke to were great but DD found the Tonbridge site a bit chaotic). We both loved TWGGS when we visited and herein lies our problem. Whilst I have heard a lot of very good things about Weald and I have no doubts that in terms of pastoral care in particular, it will be fantastic, I do worry that, on paper, the academics don't seem to be as good as at TWGGS when in theory (save for the Governor's places), neither is super selective. The post 6th form destinations at TWGGS also seem to be very impressive in comparison to those we noted at Weald (although this information only from displays around Weald in Tonbridge rather than a published list).
DD would only get into TWGGS on a Governor's place as we are in one of the designated parishes. She appears to have missed the cut off score for a Governor's place on first allocation by 1 mark (although I realise distance would come into play and that there may be other qualifying girls with the same score). She then did not get a place off the waiting list when reallocation was carried out in April. Another child at her school has now received a place at TWGGS (and as she did not get this place on first allocation we assume that she received the same or a lesser score than DD). This does seem to indicate some remote possibility of a place. Does anyone know of anyone from a Governor's place area who has got in off the waiting list at a later stage prior to September or is there so little chance it is not worth thinking about?
In addition, please can anyone also put my mind at rest regarding academics at Weald and also how children are getting on at the Sevenoaks annex now that the first year is nearly over?
Many thanks.
DD has a place at the Weald Annexe in Sevenoaks. She passed the 11 plus comfortably but not well enough for TOGS (which was fine as we did not think that was the right school for her). She loved the Weald Annexe but didn't like the main school at all (we loved the grounds and thought the pupils and staff we spoke to were great but DD found the Tonbridge site a bit chaotic). We both loved TWGGS when we visited and herein lies our problem. Whilst I have heard a lot of very good things about Weald and I have no doubts that in terms of pastoral care in particular, it will be fantastic, I do worry that, on paper, the academics don't seem to be as good as at TWGGS when in theory (save for the Governor's places), neither is super selective. The post 6th form destinations at TWGGS also seem to be very impressive in comparison to those we noted at Weald (although this information only from displays around Weald in Tonbridge rather than a published list).
DD would only get into TWGGS on a Governor's place as we are in one of the designated parishes. She appears to have missed the cut off score for a Governor's place on first allocation by 1 mark (although I realise distance would come into play and that there may be other qualifying girls with the same score). She then did not get a place off the waiting list when reallocation was carried out in April. Another child at her school has now received a place at TWGGS (and as she did not get this place on first allocation we assume that she received the same or a lesser score than DD). This does seem to indicate some remote possibility of a place. Does anyone know of anyone from a Governor's place area who has got in off the waiting list at a later stage prior to September or is there so little chance it is not worth thinking about?
In addition, please can anyone also put my mind at rest regarding academics at Weald and also how children are getting on at the Sevenoaks annex now that the first year is nearly over?
Many thanks.