I feel so sorry for my child

[poppydoppy]

I have two very able children and one very able sportsman but less academic child. All the children will be sitting entrance tests at the same time and I am sure my middle one wont pass the school entrance test and the other two will. The second option school is not selective and most children know its the school you go too if you fail the other schools test.
Middle child is in year 7 and working at level 7 maths but his VR and NVR scores from school were just over 100. Ive not done these tests at home as of yet, should I start and will it improve his chance of getting into the selective school at 13?
Thank you

Can you not look for a school that specialises in sport. Personally, and I know this is only my opinion, but I would never push any of my less academic children into a school that selects academically.
I don't think you would look at it as failure if he didn't pass, but the thought that children know its the school.... etc, is really sad.
There is nothing wrong with selective schools if your dc are particularly bright, but if not why put them through it?

do they have to sit the same school at same time ? Seems unnecessarily pressurising and putting into competition. They say even with practice vr and nvr can scores only be changed by 5%. agree look for an alternative which plays to his strengths. What does HT suggest ?

I second looking for a sporty option for your sporty child. Neither of you will be happy if you try to fit a square into a round hole.

Our youngest is the sporty and the oldest the academic one in our family. Ds1 will start an academically selective school for y7, but I think the only way in for ds2 would be a sports scholarship or a different school!

Sounds like he is bright if he's scoring Level 7 in Maths in Y7?
Verbal reasoning is all about practice. Get some books, and use online tests but you may want to sit with him and break it down. Most kids are stumped by VR and NVR to start with, especially by the word-puzzles. I got kids to draw these - finding a way to visually represent them is really helpful.

Thank you for the replies.

Alsoaperson, I will try what you have suggested. I started him on the Bond books and he is doing okay. He did a Merchant Taylors paper and scored 97% on the maths paper but his logic and reasoning just dot correlate, is it normal for someone to be good at maths but not IQ?

Poppydoppy,

My brother was an able mathematician who went on to do Physics at Oxford .. but failed IQ tests miserably, appearing to be in the 'moderate mental impairment' catgory....

Thank you teacherwith2kids.

The schools put such emphasis on these scores nowadays its comforting to know your brother did so well without passing the IQ tests.