Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone can provide us with some advice to help resolve a very difficult situation.
We live in West Kent and our son passed the Kent 11 plus in Sept 2017.
His score was not high enough for the super selective schools and we did not think the local grammar.
However, we all liked one non-selective school but were in a dilemma as he deserved the opportunity of going to grammar school. After a very impressive Headmaster's talk on an open evening encouraging grammar kids to join them and after reviewing their GCSE results and being informed that they have a grammar stream (although they call it something else) and my son's primary teacher advising us that he would definitely be in the grammar stream we decided to take the plunge and go non selective with the goal of him being in the grammar set.
Our son has settled into his new secondary school really well and making lots of friends.
We did have some initial concerns after only 4 weeks when our son advised us that they his allocated reading band was 3.6 - 5.4 and he thought the book was really easy and not challenging at all (he was reading 25 pages in 20 mins). So I contacted the school to express my concerns and we were advised that the library and english dept had notice some discrepancies on his levels but will reassess before Christmas. We were happy with their response.
He came home two weeks ago to say that he had not made the grammar stream, which we reluctantly accepted. Last week he came home saying he go 90% in a reading test, 95% in Biology and 100% in a History test and he does not feel challenged.
We subsequently arranged to see his Head of Year who advised us that as had came from an Independent school and not done the SAT's test they have no record of his previous academic achievements and therefore cannot be compared to other pupils.
They had been sent his CAT scores (above average) and reading age of 15.06 plus he passed the Local Authority 11 plus.
I have arranged to see the Head but any help or advice would be appreciated.
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Cbeazley01 · 04/11/2018 17:32
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