DS is very bright (but not genius level). I am happy with the local secondary and had hoped DC would all go there as its co-ed and in the next road. Superselectives are ones which are often mentioned on here and people seem to be tutored intensively from Year 4,beg of yr 5 latest and all are just over an hour away.
However talked to DS1 about it a couple of weeks ago as his friends are starting to talk about these things and he desperately wants to sit the exam.
If he had been tutored I'm sure this would have been no issue. He was 4a/b at end of year 4 with no real effort and cruises comfortably at the top of the class. He's studious if required, although happy to coast too.
His teacher this year has been pretty uninspiring unfortunately and the school primary doesn't tend to encourage children to push ahead of the class eg don't think they offer the option of sitting level 6 papers, several families have removed their DC for this reason.
I got some letts and bond books and he's roughly 80% for Maths and English aged 10-11. He has a flair for English and am pretty sure I could get his score up quickly. The problem is so much of the Maths has not yet been touched on and the first exams are in September. We could work the topics out with online help but not sure there is enough time!
He would without a doubt pull out all the stops and would study almost every day if required. When he wants to do something he will put all his efforts into it. He wanted to be able to make friends when we visited family abroad for a whole summer holiday and used a language program to teach himself extremely well (totally unprompted by us) despite really disliking French at school.
However the timescale is soo tight. Any thoughts?
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DS wants to sit superselective 11+ this year...too late?
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iamnotaponceyloudperson · 04/06/2015 14:51
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