2021 11+ date clash in SW London - how does it work?

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It looks like the 11+ dates for a number of schools in SW London - Latymer, Ibstock, St Benedicts, Kew House and Harrodian - are on 2 dates: 4 and 5 Jan 2021 !! I don't think my child can do two 11+ in one day.

How does this work?
Do schools offer alternate dates, do parents decide which 2 schools to sit, do children do 2 exams per day ? These are all schools that we are contemplating and having to pick 2 seems very risky.

Any thoughts?

We had St. paul's, Alleyn's and Latymer on the same date this year. SPS has only one slot but Latymer did an AM and PM to accommodate those with clashes. We couldn't sit Alleyn's because it was also in the AM and so chose SPS and Latymer. It was a hectic day, finished SPS, grabbed a bite to eat nearby and then were off to Latymer. Started 9am and finished the day around 6pm.

Tell the school, they usually have a back up day.

We did St Paul’s in the morning and Latymer in the afternoon last year- some were rushing off from St P to do Kingston Grammar in the afternoon.
Some schools will have back ups. Hampton said they didn’t but did in the end. Latymer have several sessions all day but won’t have a back up. Ibstock are usually inflexible but others will definitely have back up days.
If it’s any consolation, one of the admissions staff told me that they found children often did better if they had 2 exams on the same day.
I suspect the schools are trying to get children to cut down a bit on the number they’re applying to as well.

Another one with St.Pauls in the morning and joined several parents running out and jumping in cars to Kingston Grammar :-) It meant we couldn’t do Latymers . As said, most schools are flexible with back up dates. However occasionally even the back up date clashes ((Kingston’s back up day clashed with Kings Wimbledon)and so occasionally choices have to be made.