This will seem ridiculously premature because our DDs are 3 and a baby. But, we are in the process of choosing a (private) primary school for DD1 and need to work out the possible secondary school avenues that will follow.
The primary school we prefer only goes to 11, and focuses almost exclusively on getting its pupils into selective private day schools at 11+.
However, we may well want the DDs to board at 13+ instead. (Not sure yet, but think boarding is at least equally likely to day school). There are a couple of prep schools locally that have a year 7 entry and go up to 13, so we could potentially go with preferred school for now and then switch to one of the prep schools for years 7 and 8.
But... is that too late to switch? Is there any aspect of the 13+ boarding entry process which begins before year 7, and therefore we would have missed by being in the day-school-centric primary school at that stage? For example I keep reading about pre-tests and even pre-pre-tests, which kids need to pass in order even to be eligible to try the entrance test... when do these take place? What about discussions with the Head about likely senior schools, when do these begin?
If someone could walk me through the usual 13+ boarding admissions process, and in particular when the very earliest steps of it happen, that would be much appreciated.
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Girls' or mixed boarding at 13+. When does the preparation and admission process begin?
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minipie · 10/02/2016 22:18
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