Could the 11+ exam be delayed again?

Birmingham got it sorted. My DS sat his on the 12th. They just had 2 separate sittings instead of one-so half in morning half in afternoon (done alphabetically on surname)

We're live in Kent too although our DS goes to a school in Surrey so he will be taking the test at a yet to be advised centre on a Saturday. I had a letter from KCC saying they had received 6,000 out of county applications to take the kent test and it was going to be a mammoth task to find suitable testing sites with current covid restrictions so they asked us to let them know if we change our mind about sitting it. We visited Skinners School yesterday and the Transition Manager said she had received a letter that day from KCC setting out the arrangements so we should hear within the next week I think.

They just say only go through to the second stage if they get the minimum required pass mark for stage 1. No mention of what that would be

The pass mark for the second stage changes and doesnt mean entry anyway

Yes DDs school is now the 11th 1st Stage and 2nd Stage 28th Nov - the girls and boys are aligned with the second stage for the first time ever

I do wonder if the pass mark for the 2nd stage will be higher than it was in previous years to cut down on those needing to go on a Saturday.

I know it is too late and already organised, but with all the social distancing and bubbles, how can having so many children from different schools and areas in one room for a relatively long period be considered safe?

Ours has been delayed until 7 and 9 November. I am worried what is going to happen if there is another lockdown. It is now also in the same week as the entrance exams for the selective independent school that my DS is currently at and where he hopes to stay if he doesn’t go to grammar. We are applying for a scholarship so it’s important that he does well and I am worried that it’s going to be very stressful for him.

Our area has had theirs (Birmingham) at the usual secondary school test centres This was last weekend.

I hope not. I don't think dd will take well to it being pushed back again. Our is meant to be happening in November so 2 months late as it is.

We've had to do secondary applications the old fashioned way, GS first the S (we've been given an extra, 7th choice, for this).

When I was y6 we took it just after Easter then you found out your score just before Whitsun break & found out which school you'd got in to the 1st week of June.

It is really hard to chaneg admission procedures though, as they are a legal process.
So they will do their best to have minumal changes.

We're now 11th Nov with 2nd stage on 28th Nov - I did read somewhere when it was first postponed that the CAF application will be opened for adjustments after the 2nd stage test. We have 3 grammar + 1 streamed entry school if ds passes and realistically only 1 non-failing school if he doesn't.

I’m concerned too... we live in Kent... due to take test 13/14 and 17 Oct... heaven knows what position we will be in then... it’s so stressful for parents and of course the poor children.. x

Concerned about this here too! We are scheduled for the Oct half term which is precisely when they are talking about the 2 week “circuit break” lock down. Obviously this isn’t a priority to anyone in government but a massive stress for those it affects. I was very anti them moving it at all- would be all over and dusted if they’d stuck to the original dates

In our area it's a 2 stage process, 1st stage is now on November 11th. 2nd stage (if you qualify for it) is on November 28th.

At least we get 6 choices of school to list, and there are only 3 grammars DS1 might qualify for!

In has lead to an outcry.
Glos schools have 5 options on their form. This allows them to put 3-4 grammars, and then 1-2 others. There are, at most, 5 grammar schools you can go to, so you can almost cover all your options.

But kids travel to Glos grammars from other areas, and thpse areas only have 3 options on their form. After a huge complaint, they have increased that to 4, which helps.
I think, however, that it will be used at appeal.

Our area the test has moved to November so applications to secondary will need to be made without the results. Tests are sat on Saturdays in the grammar schools as our primaries are not officially involved in the process at all.

In counties like Kent, where pretty much everyone takes it, it is done in primary school.

I counties like Gloucestershire, where you opt in to taking it, it is run on a Saturday at the grammar schools

Apologies, I meant isolating when I said shielding!

CulturallyAppropriatedName, yes, I already corrected myself in another post on the thread.

Our borough test (not quite the 11+) is delayed until Dec
So we have to apply not knowing the results!