Is anyone else waiting for 11+ results?

[rollonthesummer]

6 days to go and starting to get anxious...!

I may just have done this with dc1 Obviously I'd have never tried to analyse every facial expression of my child's HT.

@ jeee

Anyway I'm becoming more of a wreck as the minutes tick by. I've actually just made myself feel even worse by working out that he needs to be in the top 5.7% of state school children (in this county) to pass (based on last years stats). Why the hell did I even work that out?!!! Someone tell me I've got that wrong.

I need to go and do some work, I can see my income for October/November dropping dramatically!

Woah, woah, woah, SlightlyJadedJack. That must be wrong, surely? I can feel my blood pressure rising, now . Think I'm going to stick my fingers in my ears and in case I hear anything else that doesn't "fit"

I remember taking my ds out of school to visit a grammar school, and chatting to the head about it when he already knew ds had failed.

I think it's right Avon? (30% to grammar, 19% of those children from state schools..) Harsh isn't it!

Hak that's horrible .

Result in from one school...erm, less said the better... Faith school with 22 places by exam. Might have been ok if it was 222 places by exam. Right, let's see what the next one brings.

I am losing the plot as well! Had a dream that DS passed and one particular mum came & told me he had stolen her son's place .....

Congrats to your DD rollon. DS also passed, got a really good score actually and he is v chuffed.

Fantastic stuff! Where will he be off to?

Very few at her school passed-a bit of a surprise this year. Looks like the pass mark was 60%+ rather than the 55% it usually is??

Thank you rollon. SHSB is where he very much wants to go & I would be v surprised if he doesn't get his 1st choice. Did you say you had a DS there already?

Yes, raw pass mark is a little higher, which reflects our feeling that children, on the whole, didn't find it too hard. At DS's school most of the children you'd think were 'guaranteed' to pass did, but a lot of the more borderline children did not.

Yes- DS is in Y8 at shsb and dd can start at the girls' school, too!

Looks like we were right about the paper being 'easier'. Glad it's all over though, until #3!

Gawk this is making me dread the envelope opening more.

How did you all do it?

Ds gets his results tomorrow. He thinks he cocked up the exam and has failed. I genuinely don't care - it was always dh who pushed the 11+ but I am unconvinced by the grammar and think it would be a poor fit for ds (too large, too competitive...likely to undermine his confidence). Would rather ds be a big fish in a small sea than a minnow at the grammar...

The only thing I am worried about concerning the results is just one particular smug arse of a boy - who is bound to have passed, and will waste no time in lording it over ds if ds has failed. It's the thought of ds getting upset at school when Master Smuggery has a pop at him . The other children who have taken the 11+ at ds' school are thankfully not like that

Have you heard, hmc? I hope it's good news :)

Thanks Rollon - not yet. Post comes around lunch time....

Good luck today hmc, really hope he passes. And I hope MasterSmuggery keeps his views to himself.

MiniJack is also now worrying about people talking about the results next week. I have told him it will only last a day or two and then it will be old news so not to worry.

Thank you for the well wishes SlightlyJaded

Well the post came and he has passed

He really had me convinced that he had failed!

Pass mark was equivalent to 72% and he got 76% so not sure if that will secure him an outright place in March or see him put on the waiting list (since more children pass than there are places available).

But am delighted for him that he passed - he doesn't handle failure well and his self-esteem isn't as high as it could be. A fail would have knocked his confidence...

Still not sure if the school will be right for him but I guess it is nice to have the option

Best of luck to MiniJack - hope he gets good news

Yay that's great news hmc, so pleased for him!

Thank you for the good luck wishes, I feel like you did early this morning!

Well done to Mini HMC I am with you about not being a minnow at the Grammar and that would be my feeling about DS.

Results for DS being sent today. It doesn't say first class but assume it will be. I feel nervous and we've only had this since thd middle of last month, I haven't seen the school and have no idea if it would be good for him in unlikely event of him getting in. Goodness knows what it is like for the rest of you who have been dealing with this for longer.

Nerve-wracking SugarPlumTree!! Hope your postie delivers good news tomorrow.

Well done to your DC, HMC
Not sure if I can stand another 3 days. Trying to wean myself off the BUcks 11+ Forum - not sure that's a good place for me to be at the mo.
And, breathe.....

Oh I really feel for you all - the wait is difficult isn't it. Fingers crossed! I hope you have good news to post here soon

I can imagine Slightlyjaded Fingers firmly crossed for everyone.

well done to the passes! commiserations to others but I'm sure it'll turn out well for others!

Low level anxiety has turned to definite jitters in the Strange household - we find out Thursday morning if DS has passed or not. Very little confidence as though Ds is high achieving in Eng, not so much in the Maths. No tutoring either, just a bit of familiarisation over the hols.

DS reported that yesterday there was much 11+ conversation (day after results), today there was none