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City of London Boys

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hanette · 21/09/2010 23:04

Hi - Does anyone know how difficult the entrance exams are for City of London Boys and Northbridge House (NW1)? Have only just started the tutoring for my DS - had relied on the academy in Swiss Cottage opening but now it will be delayed for a year I am stuck. Because I wasn't planning on private sector I had no idea I should have started tutoring a YEAR ago! Help - anyone got any advice please? And does anyone know how hard it is to get into either of these two schools? Help much appreciated.

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controlfreakery · 22/09/2010 00:01

cls is very competitive for 11+ entry. 600 odd boys took the exam in January '10 for 60 odd places. The website gives good info with past papers etc. Northbridge house much less academically selective. These are very different types of school, where else are you thinking of? UCS? Portland Place? Highgate? What does current school / tutor think about what would suit your ds / what is realistic?

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hanette · 21/09/2010 23:20

by the way I meant daunting, my keyboard is difficient, I am not a rapper!

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hanette · 21/09/2010 23:18

Thank you. Yes I suspected it might be quite tough. I have also applied to Queen Elizabeth Boys in Barnet but that seemed so dauntin when we visited. I feel out of my depth! I went to a v good comp and I never imagined I'd be here. I had a look at the past papers at COLB and they seemed pretty challenging. He's just started with a tutor 2 hrs on a sunday and we do an hour every night. Do you think there's enough time to get him exam ready by Jan?

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animula · 21/09/2010 23:14

City of London Boys is one of the more testing exams. They have examples of all the papers on their website. You might also try asking them which areas of the curriculum your ds will be expected to have covered. I think I knew that at one point, so maybe that information is available too.

If you're going to tutor for CoLB, then you might as well apply for some of the grammars too, you know.