RGS Newcastle-upon-Tyne - Interviews?
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:28 pm
My son recently sat the 11+ (18th January) and we received a letter the following Saturday (25th January) inviting him to an interview..
What should we expect from the interview?
I'm not sure how to take the offer of an interview? The school website states that interviews are offered for one of two reasons (i) quality control of its examination papers, to make sure children were given sufficient opportunity to show what they are capable of (ii) because they were borderline in the written exams with regard to meeting the schools entry requirements. It goes on to state, not to give any significance to not being invited to an interview.
Am I wrong to be inclined to believe (hope) that an interview is a positive sign? If a school is highly selective, logically, it would make sense that they would like to meet a child before offering a position, even if they scored the highest mark out of all the entrants.. For example, it's not very often you'd be offered a job, based on your CV and your qualifications alone (unless you were already known within a particular field and your reputation preceded you)?
I'm definitely more anxious than my son, though I'm keeping it well hidden. My son is taking it all in his stride, a come-what-may attitude - which I am thankful for, as I would hate to think he found the process particularly stressful and/or was negatively affected by the whole thing...
The wait it torture!
What should we expect from the interview?
I'm not sure how to take the offer of an interview? The school website states that interviews are offered for one of two reasons (i) quality control of its examination papers, to make sure children were given sufficient opportunity to show what they are capable of (ii) because they were borderline in the written exams with regard to meeting the schools entry requirements. It goes on to state, not to give any significance to not being invited to an interview.
Am I wrong to be inclined to believe (hope) that an interview is a positive sign? If a school is highly selective, logically, it would make sense that they would like to meet a child before offering a position, even if they scored the highest mark out of all the entrants.. For example, it's not very often you'd be offered a job, based on your CV and your qualifications alone (unless you were already known within a particular field and your reputation preceded you)?
I'm definitely more anxious than my son, though I'm keeping it well hidden. My son is taking it all in his stride, a come-what-may attitude - which I am thankful for, as I would hate to think he found the process particularly stressful and/or was negatively affected by the whole thing...
The wait it torture!
There seems to be an area for most places in the country, bar the North-East!