11+ waiting for results

Bluths All those precise definitions!! Must be a nightmare for the local vicars being expected to know whose at the "heart of" the church and who's just a regular visitor.

Yep, Bennett.

For Bennett Memorial?

HPFA, I know people doing "the god thing" as they call it, and doing tutoring too. I actually feel guilty for not faking religion and going to church for the past few years, I feel like I've let DD down but I honestly couldn't bring myself to do it.

Yeah, the criteria is just jaw dropping, going from at the top "children of parents at the heart of the Anglican Church" through various permutations of Christianity and denominations, then other religions (although I think preferably Jewish and Muslim, they don't want any polytheist religions sneaking in) then, right at the bottom children with no religion .

Waiting in Kent too. Keep suddenly remembering and shitting self!

Hi
I don't have twins but have been in this position 2 years ago for DS1 and will be there again soon for DS2 who takes the 11+ on 29th Sept.

We are not in a fully selective area which does mean that there are plenty of other good schools but unfortunately they are all faith schools which we won't qualify for. Hence it is a very difficult 2 weeks.

However in our area once we get the result we will also know if he has a definite place or not. If we don't then either he didn't pass and there is no point applying or we have to wait till 1 March to see whereabouts on the waiting list he will come.

Bluths

I think I can guess what school you mean there. Their admissions criteria looks like a work of art!

What generally happens with that school? Do people choose it in preference to grammar or is it a back-up option? I'm thinking that if someone is tutoring/home training their child for the grammar AND putting in the requisite Church attendance that must be quite hard work.

I feel your pain. Had twins in the same position 3 years ago. It is completely different (in my view) waiting for twins' results and the potential of 1 passing and the other not. The implications for the family (do you celebrate 1 pass / not make a big deal about it) in those circumstances and the knock on effect on the other's self esteem are awful.

In our area, with boy / girl twins, they took separate exams and the results came out on different days (24 hrs apart). Having found out that Twin 1 had passed and not knowing for another day whether the other one had passed was the longest 24 hours of my life!

Good luck - hope the time till results day passes quickly!

I’m in Kent, DD took hers last Thursday and the results are October 10th.

My biggest stress isn’t about getting into a grammar, it’s more about where she goes if she doesn’t. The non selective girls grammar is 0.3 of a mile from our house, so if she’s passes she’s in. There’s an huge outstanding comprehensive a ten minute walk from us, which only takes church going children, we are not church goers so despite being very local they won’t let her in .

Of the three other options one we are most likely too far away from, one I don’t really like and we might be too far and not religious enough
for it anyway, and the best of the bunch is in another town which because of the type of school it is DD has a decent chance of getting in, but it’s not guaranteed.

That wait is horrible, there was only 5 in my daughters year 6 so lots of pressure.

What will you do if one passes and not the other?

Also been there for the last two years in a row and delighted to have it behind me now. Totally agree with @ladydickisathingapparently - keep talking about the positives of ALL possible outcomes. And if you think this wait is bad, the one until 1st March is even worse

No but I’ve been there and it’s stressful. You just have to keep repeating the mantra....what will be will be