4+ private school assessments

[mumteacher]

Does tutoring for primary private school assessments raise the benchmark so much so that it disadvantages those children who aren't.

I'm not saying it does just like to know what people think.

I think it will obviously vary from school to school. We chose our school over various other more pushy selective ones. We chose the school that was more interested in the inquisitive, interested kids than those that showed the most academic potential. This is because my DD1 is exceptionally bright, well above and beyond. She's labelled gifted but I see it more as something which will make her life difficult due to the social aspect and I would far rather she was just bright like her brother or average ability like her sister.

So, the last thing we wanted was her educated in an academic hot house. Where she would be seen simply as a results asset rather than a nice girl who does well and plays nicely. But then, many state schools would have been just as bad for her due to pushiness.

Interesting thread!

CAN you 'cure' dyslexia?

A genuine question! I had always assumed not, that you found 'work arounds'. I believe DS2 is mildly dyslexic but the school won't test (as they'd have to fund assistance as needed) and I can't afford the £400 it'd take to get him independently assessed.

I second carpetlover's post having done the NLCS 4+. And they did spot DD2's dyslexia at 4. She is at another highly competitive school that has provision. Nothing against NLCS at all- it just isn't geared up and honest enough to admit it.

Mumteacher- please give it a rest! Whenever you post this rubbish, there are loads of Mumsnetters whose DCs passed the selective 4+ honestly and without your type of snakeoil who will tell you as many times as you need to read it.

In my opinion the whole idea is ludicrous, tutoring children at the age of 4 to prep them for a fee paying school, Is it just me or there is something very amiss here?
3k to 4k a term, and school acting all selective, in my opinion is a lot croc and bull, I can't help but think this may be the case of creating a huge hype by the particular school to justify the cost of fees and make poor, naive sods of parents to cough up for private tuition as well, and then feel proud of their DC's for getting in.