What age to start 11+ preparation?

[PeppermintScreams]

DS is in year 1 and already other parents are talking about preparing them for the 11+ and doing workbooks. (I'm guessing the Bond aged 5-6 ones) While obviously I'm not going to sign him up for a tutor just yet what sort of things should I be doing now or making plans selling a kidney for in the distant future?

Forewarned is forearmed.

[Norudeshitrequired]

Thanks all for the info on super selective grammars.
Our nearest grammar requires a combined standardised score of 360 from VR, NVR and maths. I wasn't sure if this meant it was super selective or not. It does take mainly from catchment so I'm guessing it's not super selective. I was just wondering how difficult it will make it to get a place if it had been super selective.

[Elibean]

Miranda - ditto!

Though dd not ds

[MacaYoniandCheese]

Thanks for the info . What a tricky issue.

[Ragusa]

Oh bleuuuurgh. This sort of stuff makes me feel so sad. Where is the evidence that attendance at a super-selective school truly afvantages children?? As in, leads them to have happier, more fulfilled lives?? I suspect it is the biggest pile of BS going. Unless of course every other school for miles around is really dreadful (and I mean, really bad and not just under achieving owing to intake).

Kids crying themselves to sleep at night over the 11+? Hideous.

There is no way on earth I am putting my kids through that. Ever.We are in an area with a mixed system - some grammar, some comp, some religious.

Books one way flight to Finland