Thinking of applying to London selective schools for DS1 as he seems to be very bright and a bit of an allrounder (bar PE and art). He is 8 and in Y4 at an inner city state primary school. Would be looking to score highly as would require a bursary top up as we cannot afford the fees or a tutor. As he likes non verbal reasoning we have done some at home already. He currently scores around 95% in the time suggested (30 min) for the Bond 11+ non verbal reasoning and similar in the verbal reasoning although he does not enjoy that as much. Maths papers are harder as he has not covered many of the topics at school yet and English I can't help him with - will have to rely on the school for that. He is on the G&T for literacy and numeracy.
I was wondering what level schools expect them to be at (I have heard one year ahead of age for the practice books)? What percentage are they expected to get right? Is he of a calibre to apply for bursaries at Emmanuel 10+ or even colet court deferred 11+ or other selective schools? We are thinking of this because we do not feel that he would be ready for a state secondary at 11 as he is the youngest in his year, small, a bit of a geek and we live in inner city London.
Don't know what is expected, only that he is becoming an expert coaster and finds it hard to pay attention at school when not given challenging work (possible ADD/ADHD btw). He is too lazy to ask for more work (his school tends to give more work rather than harder work).
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Level of VR/NVR required for 11+ entry to selective schools
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matchsticksbynoon · 04/10/2012 14:56
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