Any comments for Wymondham College, UK State Boarding School

odelia_ho

Hi all,

As topic.  Any comments?

今日收倒學校回覆, 佢地現在不會收Year 10, 因囡囡現年13, 想在今年或出年入boarding.
已問過幾間, 都是入waiting 或唔入住, 我知道Wymondham 每年summer 都會黎HK interview 學生
有人知道詳情嗎? 到時先會收Year 10?

Cheers,  

roar!

我的agent直情話wymondham full哂year10, 我連報都無報到..

caa

odelia_ho 發表於 12-3-27 10:46
Hi all,

As topic.  Any comments?

This school is ranked 600+ in ft secondary schools table......
And if your girl is 13 shouldn't she enter year 8 this year?

odelia_ho

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Hi roar,
請問你幫小主報了哪幾間呢?

odelia_ho

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Hi caa,
其實想今年九月入year 10, 但係應該冇望, 如出年入讀, 會係入 year 11

caa

odelia_ho 發表於 12-4-16 15:42
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Hi caa,

我不明白點解要send仔女離鄉別井去ranking600以外的學校？

roar!

hello odelia,
7 in total haha. 3 schs through agent, 4 sent email by myself.
one has replied us no boarding facilities provided for girls.
6 options left..
we applied too late, is it impossible to send her to the UK the coming Sep?ai...

odelia_ho

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其實以2xxx間排ranking, 6xx都唔算太差，關鍵係小女成績好一般，與其在香港坐以待斃，不如岀國explore 吓。

odelia_ho

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Hi roar,我都係through agent & 又自己 enrol ，問左五，六間，都係回覆-暫時冇boarding place。agent 話summer 前再問出年啲位。

roar!

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最好就一切順利啦:)

Tommy

odelia_ho 發表於 12-4-16 22:06
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其實以2xxx間排ranking, 6xx都唔算太差，關鍵係小女成績好一般，與其在香港坐以待斃，不 ...

There are 4,000 secondary shools in UK.  More than 3,000 are located in England.  Ranked at 600 is already in the top 20 percentile which could be classified as so called Band 1 school in Hong Kong parents' mindset.

Yet, a good school is not merely made up of good rankings and good grades.  More importantly, if the school makes your child achieving more than he ever though possible, that is a good school.

I would suggest you guys study the ofsted reports of your targeted schools.  It tells much more than what FT told you.

Tommy

odelia_ho

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Hi Tommy,
Thank you for your reply.  Totally agreed.  I did read their ofsted reports as well.  They are informated and useful.
Actually, there are not many choices of State Boarding School near London.  I only target for 5 to 6 schools.  Hope they have places next year.  

odelia_ho

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Yes, 順順利利

webeheld

The quality of students (in terms of background, personalities, lifestyles) in state schools are quite mixed so you must bear this in mind. Unless your child is determined enough, you must ensure that she behaves considerately over there and not easily be tempted into doing anything silly, if that's what you want.

odelia_ho

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Hi webeheld,

Thank you for your advice.  How about school management or attitude, is it good? Your kid studies there?

waichung1962

唔明！妳女兒是否跳級？如果唔係仲有很多學校收yrs10學生。另外妳講話成績一般，即係中或底。

waichung1962

另外UK中學通常yrs10 & yrs11為一個課程，很少學校收yrs11學生。

odelia_ho

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我也知很多boarding schools 仍有學位, 但係這些都是private schools, 我只target state schools.  成績一般, 是指中間, 她現在是讀IB MYP 課程的

waichung1962

哦！wymondham 唔熟悉。Sorry！

HKdevil

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Actually, the ranking various from year to year, last year(2010) this school ranked before 400 and I do not know what happened that they dropped by 200 in ranking in 2011, but this year they might climb up again since their GCSE and A-level distinction rate had reached to a new level.

Wymondham is 82 acres in size and is one of the best performing state boarding schools in England, its status is similar to  Marymont or Maryknoll in Hong Kong. A lot of parents want to move the catchment area hoping that their children could go there, as a result the property prices for that area is very high. Wymondham  has about 10% admission to Oxbridge which is very good. It also has a very beautiful surroundings and offers large variety of extra activities includiing horse riding etc.


My two girls are going there this year. I applied last August. We do need to apply early in order to secure a place, I know few had been turned down after the interviews.