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Super Comp/Leafy Comp - what are they?

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Kirari · 27/03/2018 23:42

I often hear those words on the net. I understand they are not academically selective like grammar. What exactly are they? Comps with good results? Full of middle class families? Location? I recognise some like that but not quite sure if they are those so-called 'super comps'. Are Lady Margaret, Holland Park, Twyford etc considered to be one of them?? Can you name any of them as an example?

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BackforGood · 28/03/2018 00:06

I was going to say What Tammy said. Smile

TammyWhyNot · 27/03/2018 23:58

Leafy = ‘not Inner city”. Or a way of saying ‘few disadvantaged families’, perhaps. Or yes, ‘middle class’. It isn’t an official category.

I don’t know what you mean by Super Comp. On MN ‘super selective ‘ means a selective school (Grammar) that takes the top scores in the 11+, irrespective of other criteria, and usually outside a full Grammar system. There is no distance criteria and children from miles around compete for places. At other Grammars which are not super-selective, they take everyone who passes the 11+, roughly the top 30% of ability.