If your child attends/attended grammar school, are they exceptionally bright?

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DS is currently meeting expectations and not exceeding in any one area. We know he has no chance with a super selective grammar school but could, as his teacher put it, get a grammar place if he stays focused. I am now concerned that if he passes 11+ and gains a place at grammar school he will linger in the bottom sets and at worst be asked to leave.

I am not very academic, my GCSE results were abysmal. I pushed to get to university but have always gained average marks in exams. Never enough to get me on the courses I had hoped for.

My son has just finished grammar school (Kent). The behaviour was good, and he made really lovely friends. He is pretty average I guess - I wasn't sure he was bright enough to do the 11+, so I took him to a tutor for a couple of months in year 5 - the tutor said he would definitely pass (he really improved at maths and English during that year and got exceptional SATs). He was just a slower developer.

Jojo I know he will be super lucky to get in. Some of the grammars have four children applying for every one place.

In our superselectives, it is 10 applicants for 1 place (boys).

Obviously, unless one’s hoping for a miracle, years of tuition it is. People start in year 2. Very bright children start no later than Year 4. Anything later than that is too late.