I'd really like some help from people who have some experience of the English private school system.
DS is at a prep school in London that extends up to year 8. They promote staying on for the full term and going up to secondary at 13+. About half do and half leave at 11+.
This is all a bit beyond my experience, having been educated at a bog-standard comprehensive in Scotland, so I'm trying to formulate my view on whether it would be better for DS to do the 11+ exams and get used to the bigger school early, make friends, and so on or stay on in the intimate environment of the prep till 13 and go up more mature and probably better able to handle the stress of the Common Entry Exam.
Anyone else have this decision to make? How did you approach it?