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Common Entrance - when child in a state school

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newtothis15 · 10/01/2020 06:56

Has anybody prepared a child for CE exam, when the child was in state school...is it possible? We are considering 13+ school private, child would go for Year 7/8 to state school. Thank you

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AnotherNewt · 10/01/2020 08:38

Talk to the school - some will take evidence other than CE from DC who are at schools which do not prepare for that exam.

Be wary of changing away from a CE arrangement; if the alternative 13+ exam is competitive, you are adding considerable (avoidable) uncertainty to the process

LIZS · 10/01/2020 08:16

Do they need CE? Most schools have an alternative admissions route for State school or overseas pupils and even many prep schools are abandoning it in favour of an alternative curriculum as it is increasingly irrelevant to secondary admissions. Does the school pretest in year 6/7?

GU24Mum · 10/01/2020 07:59

We've got friends who did this and the school in question is a pretty traditional one so I'd think that if they are happy with that, most other schools would be too. I think other people transfer over to do years 7 and 8 in a prep school.