11plus - grrr!

[stroppyknickers]

Ok, I know I have to buy into it to ger dd into a good school, but really. She is v bright, SATS last academic year (4) showed above average etc. Then, she sat the Bond assessment papers yesterday and scored about 50%! So, it seems that the 11 plus is completely different to school work, and you just train them to pass it (hence dd's friends being tutored since Xmas/ studying weekly etc) How is this fair? If I was a single parent, skint, (as I was b4 meeting dh) there's no way I could afford the test papers etc, so dd would fail thro not understanding the questions. Any opinions?

she was 16 marks off so little point in appealing. Also, feel she would perhaps be better off being a bright one at a high school than potentially a struggler at grammar. We're just out of zone for the high school we'd like her to go to, so will have to wait til March for offers and then appeal for that high school. if unsuccessful, she'll go to a high school which is just coming out of special measures, not ideal, especially as she has always been considered grammer potential. So a long haul ahead of us i fear.

Fingers crossed for you.
There is no definate place for my dd at grammar, it just means that there are 4 schools id be happy with on the list...we too have to wait till march.
Without the grammars on the list we are only in catchment for a school that has 1100 places available with only 385 pupils and a gcse pass rate of 22%
When you give birth to these little bundles you dont give these things a thought do you? Bloody Stressful

Thanks UMM. DD will be ok wherever she goes, hope all works out well for you too.