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If your dc at grammar school-what do their end of year exams look like?

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IAm1OfTheManyUsers · 06/06/2023 16:56

Coming to the end of year 7, and DS has 4 exams a day. Parents were told this is to help the boys get into gear for GCSEs (the layout/intensity).
I appreciate good exam training will help, but wondering whether this is the sort of style most grammar schools have or do some take a slower/easier approach?
I recall end of year exams being more spaced out (but I was at a private and not grammar school).

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ggccsseeeee · 06/06/2023 17:19

Neither of my DCs had end of year exams in Year 7. Both at (different) selective London Independent schools.

Mumski45 · 06/06/2023 17:17

I don't think either of my 2 DS had 4 in one day but some days they had 3 and yes this did happen in GCSE's. I think DS1 had something like 23 papers in total when he took the actual GCSE's last year so I can see why they do it.

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IAm1OfTheManyUsers · 06/06/2023 17:16

Ah it must be the norm everywhere now.
I'm thinking about my experience, but that was over 25 years ago Grin

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dootball · 06/06/2023 17:06

We're at a private school (non academically selective) and exactly the same - 4 days of exams (13 exams in total) followed by sports day on Friday.