My DS has just started YR5 and we are starting to think about secondary school options. The choices are the local comprehensive or sitting an 11 plus type exam for a number of local independant grammar schools which we could only realisticly afford if he did well enough in the exam to get a bursary. At the moment he wants to go to the local high school where most of his friends will go which could be fine but I want us to look at all the options.
He has made really good progress over the last couple of years and I think that he could pass the exams but wether he would pass at a high enough level to be offered a bursary I have no idea.
I thought that the best way would be to go to all the open days to try and pique his interest, however, I don't want to get him all excited and then dash his hopes if he can't go if we don't get the bursary offer.
Any tips from anyone who's been in a similar situation on how to raise it with him ? He is very single minded
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fellcreat · 03/09/2014 17:49
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