Hwsf vs Iclms

I study at ICLMS - currently in Y12 - and have loved it so far. The teaching quality is really good, and everyone is friendly. We've also got really good extracurriculars, including group projects that span a few months which you select out of 16 provided topics, personal projects - which if you do attend you'll see me present mine! - that are optional on anything you like as long as it's STEM related and masterclasses at the end of Y12 and start of Y13 that are related to either Maths, Physics / Engineering or Comp Sci depending on what you pick. I can't speak on hwsf, but I love it at ICLMS.
We also have problem solving classes for MAT and TMUA that we do every week, that have really helped me with entrance test prep.

Tysmm, yeah when I went to the open day I really liked how they did problem solving and the personal project were really fascinatIng. Also do they do any other oxbridge help like with personal essay? Also do they help with like doing work experience and how does extra curricular work- do u share the same as woodhouse? And are u allowed offsite at lunch. Thank uu

Yeah we currently have help with writing our personal statements and can go off-site whenever you like. The school doesn't find us work experience, we do that ourselves, for work experience weeks.

thanks for your helpp. when is the work experience week?

Heyy I got a conditional offer for both hwsf and ICLMS and I’m really not sure where to go. If there is any ICLMS student can u lmk how the school is like for u and it being quite new and how the environment is. Both are quite far- ICLMS is 1hr and 20 and hwsf is around an 1hr.
I’m planning to do maths, further maths, physics, chemistry.
Any advice for both school
Thanks in advancee

hey cant speak for iclms but hwsf sucks absolute balls i’m sorry. some people love it for sure but a lot of us just despise it and think it was the worst decision we made. just too bloody stressful. stingy mfs with predicted grades too. tbh you’d fit in well and i think you’d genuinely love it if you’re a nerd (no offence) bc they cater a lot to that stuff. they do talks every week from an expert which is kinda cool ig? some networking opportunities. the teachers r mid. the senior leadership team couldn’t give less of a f*** about us tho or our mental health. they pretty much just say ‘tough. get on w it’. but again, if you’re very clever and can work hard then it’d be great for you. if you’re normal though and don’t always get A******s in every subject, maybe not the best. take w a pinch of salt though because i REALLY hated hwsf. defo check them out in the open days or smth tho or talk to other alumni… if you have any specific questions about anything to do w it pls lmk

sorry just wanted to add we get no freedom, detentions VERY often for every little thing like being late a couple times a term or uniform non conformance as if we are still little children. only 2 x 40min free periods a week in y12 and 4 in y13. not allowed out in break time (10:40-11:05) only allowed during lunch. in y12 not allowed out during free periods but you are allowed in y13. assemblies all the time (weekly one on monday, one on wednesday every month and occasional house assemblies)
they force you to do activities and join clubs and participate in stuff which sounds like it’s good i guess but it can be a drag esp when you’re just not interested and it’s unnecessary like we are adults now we can make our own decisions.
16h worth of homework a week. no sympathy. no one cares. no free time. too much work. too much stress. sometimes even when the teacher doesn’t have homework to give the class, they force themselves to come up with random bs homework for us to do regardless just to fill the quota of 4h hw per subject weekly

tysmm this is rly helpful- also how many ppl are in each class and how many exam like weeks do u have per year. Also what do they do for uni admission and do u guys have a work experience week? thanks