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Grammar school areas.... thoughts?

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Fleetfox56 · 03/02/2018 19:50

Those who live in grammar school towns/cities, are you glad you do? We do and our DC will sit 11 plus a year in Sept if she chooses to do so. However, I grew up in this town and went to this school. All girls, quite pressurised and thinks a lot of itself. I’m not sure it’s what I want for her....

We do have crazy dreams of moving away but whether we can realise them or not still remains to be seen.

Just wondered what other people’s thoughts were on grammar system, single-sex secondary schools etc...

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user1498927651 · 03/02/2018 22:45

We are in a county with some grammar schools, but it is otherwise comprehensive. DS is thriving at grammar after having some issues with disengagement and feeling different to his peers in primary school. We are very lucky that he was offered a place as we moved into the area in year 6 and had to make a late application for secondary.

Taffeta · 03/02/2018 21:38

We are in a grammar area. I’ve one DS at a superselective and one DD at a normal grammar

DD scraped in and has always been borderline but the school thus far is proving to be the making of her.

I loved that we lived in the area for DS but hated what we went through with DD and many times wished we didn’t live here

As it is, it’s worked out very well so far but if you’ve a borderline child it’s very stressful to say the least

It depends what the sec modern alternative is like in your area - DD was adamant she hated ours and would be very miserable there. She was also determined to go to a single sex school

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Fleetfox56 · 03/02/2018 21:29

Thanks Missmapp. Glad it has worked out for your DS1 with his secondary school.

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missmapp · 03/02/2018 19:55

We live in a grammar school area. Ds1 was middle of the road in yr5/6. He didn't really want to do the 11+ and we didn't make him. He has thrived at a small high school as _because the top are at grammar, he is in one of the top seta. He has much more confidence and no I never talks about the 'clever kids'. Friends whose ds2 went to grammar also have done well. I wish we had proper comps around us but the situation is not as bad as I feared when ds2 was in primary.