Primary state ed ds has not been successful at gaining a spot in year 7 for two indies. We had been advised that both were well within his academic capability (school had suggested RGS as worth a shot based on comparisons with previous pupils, but we decided against it).
This is when we do not have the benefit of a prep head to dig deeper - the feedback has simply been - competition increased, score for cut off higher than ever.
Has the competition for places really escalated that much? Seems much worse than girls' schools where we had a relatively stress free process.
Feel so sorry for my ds who had rightly or wrongly believed he stood a very good chance and found papers relatively easy (bar CEM test though). However we know that there is a tendency to silly mistakes in maths particularly.
It has been suggested to us to consider prep for two years, but I am concerned that with pre-tests most of the places will have been allocated and he would be fighting for a handful of places that come available. Anyone else been in this position?
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Year 7 indie entry not successful - what next...? (surrey)
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pringles999 · 10/02/2016 14:12
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