Evening all, some friends chat about school allocations has turned me to thinking about secondary school for DD who is in year 4.
Our catchment high school is pretty dire. I had never thought much about the 11+ but am now wondering if it is worth putting DD in for it in the hope of getting a place at one fo the 2 lovely grammars nearby.
She is above average in maths but struggles with word questions and she is dyslexic so struggles with English however she has excellent understanding once a question is read to her (which is what happens at school). She is mildly dyslexic and although not at free reading level she is nearly there.
Am I going to cause her unnecessary stress and disappointment by aiming her at something she won't be able to do?
She gets pupil premium so she can score 10 points below the qualifying score and get a place. And we are in the priority catchment area.
I worry about her at either of our 2 catchment comps. Both have huge behaviour issues and lower than average GCSE and A level scores.
She had a tutor at the moment to help with her literacy skills as with us both working full time we don't have the time to help her with her homeschooling as much as we would like and if we were going to put her in for it we would continue with the tutoring.
Speaking to friends who have got their kids into the grammar we do need to start thinking about it by September as most of the kids seem to have some sort of prep for it.
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Would you bother putting an average child in for the 11+
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Coppercreek · 01/03/2021 22:43
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