It gives us great pleasure to announce the final offers from this year’s 11+ Senior School Entrance results. We are extremely proud to say that this is yet another outstanding set of results for number of offers, after our record breaking results of a few of years ago.

Our Year 6 pupils have once again excelled and have gained places at some of the area’s most prestigious schools. Given the extremely difficult couple of years that the current Year 6 have had, going back through their time in Year 5, we are in awe of what they have achieved. Of course, not everything was smooth sailing with some changes to the assessment processes, interviews and scholarship assessments but the children displayed remarkable resilience, determination and maturity throughout. As a school, we are so pleased we were able to be adaptable enough to change our processes but still give the children and the parents the advice, preparation and support that was needed.

You will also notice that there is a great range of schools that have offered places to our pupils, showing how far and wide the consideration of Senior schools has become. With 136 offers across the year group (which is just short of 3 per pupil on average), the children have achieved great things through a balance of outstanding teaching, hard work, commitment to opportunity and willingness to explore new experiences.

The number of scholarships awarded is excellent yet again. Ranging from Music, Sport, Art and Drama, as well as an extremely high number of Academic awards, these 32 scholarships really do show how we are providing for, and nurturing, children with a range of different talents and interests.

I hope that this also shows that the 11+ entrance process should not be seen as one that should be avoided as, at Rosemead, you have the best chance of gaining the school place that is right for your child, with an extremely high chance of them being rewarded for their talents, abilities and interests. No other school in Dulwich will have the 11+ results to rival us again this year. I am always asked by prospective parents who are so impressed with our results, just how we achieve this compared to other schools. My answer is that there is no magic, secret formula – it is done with an emphasis on communication, care for pupil wellbeing and strong links with the Senior Schools who just love Rosemead pupils and what they offer.

Congratulations to all the pupils for their hard work and dedication, also to the staff involved for their advice, pastoral care and teaching over the years, which starts as soon as they join Rosemead and the effect continues long after they have left us.