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preparing for selective schools

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B4r4joon · 18/09/2016 18:57

have a daughter started Y5. thinking of preparing for 11+ and 1-2 indies that offer scholarship. How is best to tutor her, and where to find a good one?She is very bright and on the top set in her current class...but i understand that these tests need proper prep.

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BizzyFizzy · 27/09/2016 19:49

If she's very bright, she shouldn't need to be tutored!

Find out what the entrance procedure is. A lot of schools to verbal and non-verbal reasoning and maybe some English comprehension/composition and a Maths paper. A selective school will pitch the English and Maths papers to someone who is expected to reach Level 5 at the end of Year 6. For the reasoning, all she can do us a few practice Bond papers.

If the school takes almost all its students from independent prep schools via the ISEB 11+ ("Girls' Common Entrance"), she would have a harder time.

loveyouradvice · 27/09/2016 19:31

My DC at Latymer Upper which has bursaries up to 100% - several friends on these. You are looking for bursaries not scholarships... i.e. means tested as well as academic. (Though some offer 25% sport or music scholarships)

SAHDthatsall · 19/09/2016 09:49

Elevenplusforum.com is your best place to start.

Most scholarships are in the region of 0% to 25% with very few much more FYI.

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B4r4joon · 18/09/2016 20:24

Thanks... 11+ forums here or generally in internet.
Schools I am interested are: City Girls, Chelmsford County, or maybe Bancrofts if they do scholarship...

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FanSpamTastic · 18/09/2016 19:21

Try the 11+ forums - there may be a forum for the school's you are interested in.

You can help at home with introducing verbal and non-verbal reasoning. Try the Bond range available in bookstores. But really depends what the school tests. If you check their websites there should be some information about the selection process.