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Emanuel School entrance exam today

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Ginandtonictime · 13/01/2018 16:59

Anyone have a dc who did the 11+ entrance exam today? How did it go? Getting the impression that the current exam season is harder than ever this year ...

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Battleax · 15/01/2018 06:35

Dear god!! We spent hours prepping classic texts for comprehension exercises ... but ds said they chose an obscure text about a teacher who doesn't like a kid ...? Could've ditched bloody Great Expectations then!

They're obviously trying to make it fair.

jeanne16 · 15/01/2018 06:32

Since they interview every pupil, I don’t see how this is a money making exercise.

testbunny · 14/01/2018 20:45

plus make more money (wink)

testbunny · 14/01/2018 20:21

They will be reviewing admissions policy for 2020 intake. The word is that it is unlikely they will get rid of the sibling policy as it being a family school is a big part of their ethos. More likely they will remove the early registration to fall in line with other schools so they 'fish in the same pond'; probably a big reason why they went to 1000 this year!

helloallllllll · 14/01/2018 15:22

They currently still do but also say they will be reviewing their admissions for next year...
IF DC were to get a place I would seriously consider it just because of the sibling policy (although we both really like it anyway) as have a younger DC of the opposite sex and it would be really nice to have it as a slightly easier option for them...

jeanne16 · 14/01/2018 14:57

Do they still have a sibling policy?

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Ginandtonictime · 13/01/2018 18:35

My dc didn’t mention the length of vr - just relieved that it was a proper vr test (as in what the bond books say it should look like). Apparrantly Hampton’s vr was nothing like what we practised - just a test of how good their vocab was!

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SugarRush123 · 13/01/2018 18:06

Anyone else's DC find the VR reeeealllly long? Worried about this as DC only managed half. English and Maths went ok, apparently.

sitdownandbequiet · 13/01/2018 17:39

So what was the comprehension story they chose then? Will be facing this next year (eek!)

helloallllllll · 13/01/2018 17:21

DC said it was easy compared to others but quite liable to have got the wrong end of the stick in English so I'm not asking any questions! Was surprised VR wasn't multiple choice.

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Ginandtonictime · 13/01/2018 17:17

Dear god!! We spent hours prepping classic texts for comprehension exercises ... but ds said they chose an obscure text about a teacher who doesn't like a kid ...? Could've ditched bloody Great Expectations then!

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SugarRush123 · 13/01/2018 17:06

Same impression here. DC felt the Emanuel exam wasn't too bad compared with the other two they've sat so far, but not very hopeful considering that they closed the lists at 1000+ this time (as opposed to 600 in previous years)...