Sutton, Wallington,Wilsons Test 1 Results

Wallington was much better organised this year .

Good luck to everyone whose DSs are doing the second round 11+ exams.

Everyone ready with their 20 minute Harry Potter essay?

There's a good chance that ds2 will be putting in a doodle as his attempt. Here's hoping for a good maths paper!

I doubt very much there will be Algebra which isn't generally covered in primary schools (except for some level 6 extension work). All the grammars say that only level 5 is required (and algebra is not in level 5).

You could always ask the school directly, Minniemouse65.

anyone know the timing and format for wilsons second stage test? cant find anything about it?

If it's like DS's 11+ exams, they will all be rather different to each other.

Dibbleofficer, is your son at a private or state school out of interest?

Interested in likely second round formats . 25 minutes seems a very limited time for a decent English composition , or is it likely to be a comprehension exercise with paragraph answers?
Also the maths I assume is long form , show working , likely to include algebra etc that have not been covered at state schools yet at this point in y6. A mystery as ever. Maybe the 3 GS s will all use totally different formats

Classicsgirl, thanks for that comment - very interesting indeed, and to my mind a very random set of results is the most logical outcome, since they are only ten and are bound to have good days and off days.

Does anyone know roughly what percentage of boys who got through the selective ability test will have received a positive email from Greenshaw?

Not sure if its helpful but just to add that from my observation there isn't a complete overlap between success in the Sutton grammars and independents. Our son two years ago was successful at Emanuel (but sadly no scholarship) although we went for Wilsons in the end. He also passed Sutton but not WGCS - so no real pattern there at all! We didn't try other independents himself, but others in class successfully got into a range of independents but didn't pass the grammars. I think it's down to whether the exam suits and how they feel on the day - they're only ten, after all...

My thoughts precisely, Ladymuck - they will be useful practice. We just hope for a place at Emanuel, not a scholarship. We're also taking more ambitious exams for Alleyn's/Dulwich/Whitgift - hoping that his English might pull up a bit over the next couple of months. Also St Benedict's, so covering pretty much all angles. His tutor seems to have more faith than I do, but then he only teaches him maths...

I'm sure that hundreds are about to come forward to say otherwise but, in my experience of dozens rather than hundreds of boys, those boys who have obtained a place at a Sutton grammar have typically gone on to get 11+ academic scholarships at one or more of the mid tier London day schools (so Whitgift, Emanuel, Dulwich, Trinity rather than Westminster Under School or KCS). Whilst I don't think that this selection test was the trickiest devised, and much more will depend on his writing ability, I think you could take some degree of comfort in getting this far. I suspect that the second round of tests will be closer to those he will face at the indies, and will be worthwhile mocks at the very least.

Hi people, not sure that this is really answerable, but would anyone have an opinion as to whether passing the selective eligibility test for SGS, WCGS etc. might suggest whether or not DS would be of a comfortable standard for the Emanuel entrance examination, come the time? Just in case that sounds confusing, I don't hold out too much hope that he'll pass the individual SGS/WCGS/Wilson's exams (though obviously we'll have a shot now that he's passed the S.E.T.), but we are planning to put him forward for several indies and I honestly feel I have no idea whatsoever how well he'll do! Anyone got any thoughts on this?
I'm so proud of him for passing the S.E.T. for the grammars. Took it in his stride. But God, he can be a proper numpty sometimes, so I honestly feel anything could happen in January.

I think that what that school lacked in organisational skills on that fateful day in September 2011, it more than made up for in its quickness off the mark with info packs for those boys offered places in March 2012....

They all seem to have strengths and weaknesses in different areas.....

Let's hope there's no Dolores Umbridge invigilating then, Ladymuck !

Nope. The girls schools remain one stage and independent from one another. I pity anyone with bright boy/girl twins, as I suspect that they have lost most Saturdays in September.

Being nosey as a friend's DD sat for Wally girls. Is that also a two-round process now, and are the first round results out already?

I had pretty close experience of it;). No, don't cast aspersions on any of them; it was just if one school was definitely weaker in terms of administration/communication then that would be useful information.

Football match over. No negative surprises in our class; one who would be borderline for English seemed to do fine with multiple choice.

Gazzlw, I'm assuming that for a true Harry Potter story they will be writing with parchment and quill. [Do any 10 year olds use blotting paper these days?]

Well done to your son Shaz.

Ha you heard about that or did you experience it first hand..... :-). DS was lucky that he was in a small classroom when he sat it rather than experiencing the fiasco of one of the hall sittings....

I can't actually remember now...and it wouldn't be fair if I misremembered and blotted one school's copy-book...

Two of DS's primary school friends got into Greenshaw on selectivity. One family is happy with it, the other less so. But the family who don't rate it that highly were really after a grammar school place but the DS didn't pass for any of them....We had it on DS's CAF and we would have been happy for him to go there had he not got into a grammar school. We will certainly consider it for our DD (who is a few years off secondary school choices yet).

Can you drop any hints as to the possibly-less-speedy school Gazzlw? Is it the one who seemed to really struggle with the test day in 2011?