11+

[SummerPuddings]

If your super bright oldest tried to get into the incredibly oversubscribed local grammar (1in 20 chance of getting a place) but didn't quite manage it, but was now very happy at local comp, would you let youngest sit the exams?

Would it be weird them going to different schools?

Yes let them sit if they want to. You give them the same opportunities. The route of your eldest DC shouldn’t dictate the route of your second. You probably wouldn’t be asking this question if your eldest HAD got in - of course you’d be fine with your youngest also sitting it.

Two different schools are fine if you have chosen them because they fit the needs of your children as individuals.

All good points thank you.

No. We are not bothering with dd2 as she just wouldn't cope with all the stress it involved.

No. We are not bothering with dd2 as she just wouldn't cope with all the stress it involved.

I would not base the decisions for the second child on what was best for the first child. There is nothing weird about kids going to different schools as they are different people.

That said, I am so glad I no longer live in a grammar school area, they are such an old-fashioned anachronism.

Definitely.

personally I would let hem have a go.

kids develop differently and the 11+ is a lottery - they may pass and thrive at grammar?

plus if you don't let them try you are actively telling them age 11 they aren't as bright as their sibling?