Eton pre-assesment. When would it be for a ds born in Feb 2004? Will it be in 2014 or 2015? Thank u in advance.

He knows about it from the stories I tell him and his brother about it and about the prime ministers etc who went there. I tell them about these schools and universities like Oxbridge and Harvard, to inspire them to think beyond Uganda. I know we are Eton-wannabes..but we still wanna try!

Peteneras, I have read many posts of yours on Eton related threads. I assume you have lots of experience with this school. Could you kindly tell me what happens inside the classrooms? Do they push the dcs or do they require them to have the self discpline of university goers when it comes to school work etc? How exactly do they teach? Why do you think ds will find it out of his depth? ..too many qns...

My current ds's school is following the local curriculum. So, apart from Maths which appears to be the same, he does not have any idea of what he is expected to know by this age in UK. I am looking into buying lots of bond books and any other practice tests for preparing him myself ( can't afford an online tutor yet) for the scholarship exams. I am glad they are not so soon.

What kind of worried me ( and makes me ask about tutoring) was a thread I read here and to which one of the responses was "Hi Kippers2. Can't help with specifics but does your son already have a tutor helping prepare for the exams? The reason I ask is that they may be well placed to answer these questions for you.

If you don't already have a tutor, now would be a good time to get one as preps. heavily prepare children for the likes of Eton and competition is going to be tough."

So, how do you advise ( please?) that I can prepare this boy for the Eton assesment? What do they ask in the interviews? Do you have a clue of what he is expected to know or do?

We are overseas. In Uganda to be particular. Unfortunately, my DS is in a school which has never sent a boy to Eton ( and where the headmaster doesn't understand why one would send a boy to board in the UK at that age :-(. So I am just praying for a good recommendation).

We have not yet visited the school, but we will be visiting Harrow and Whitgift in Sept. So I am going to inquire from Eton whether we can visit during the same time ( there is no information at all on the website about the open days, only that visiting the school can be arranged etc).

To be sincere, I don't even know if this is the best school for ds but he is hellbent on it. My eyes are more on Harrow ( which I also don't know if it is a good fit either). You see ds is bright but not stellar, he is not sporty and has never been exposed to any musical instrument. He is academic but also a day dreamer who needs serious pushing. He likes to have fun and to be continually appreciated or praised verbally. The moment he is left to himself, he is gone ( to his day dreams). So I wonder if we are looking at the suitable schools or not! I am particularly interested in full boarding or majority-in-over-the-weekend type of sch.

Any advice received will be highly appreciated.

I have read the guidelines again. I was clearly confusing the assessment with the scholarship exams! Now I get it.
Thanks again.

He is already registered. ..

Oh..ok! That is some good news ZeroSomeGame Thingy ( how does one tag someone?). I thought there is a lot of preparation is done...mostly by use of tutors, isn't it? I have read a number of posts on tutoring or preparing cdc for 11 + exams and entrance exams to selective schools etc.

I am quite green in this!
Thanks for the help. I appreciate it very much

Thank you Bob.
Wow..that may be a little late for us to prepare then..especcially since we are overseas and not in school following the UK curriculum!