How do bursaries for private school work?

[mamamira]

If you can't afford full fees

Is it de rigeur to phone up the school and ask?

Very good adv lazy woman (looks like ur not that lazy afterall )Thanks again.

we dont have any gifted programme as such where our dd goes to school. Certainly we are willing to put an effort over the next 18-24 months. I have been to parents teachers meeting and consistent report is that she is doing very well and no need to worry about her etc., etc.,.The whole attitude has been be relaxed.I not a person who will hassle the class teacher or the head ans I dont want them thinking that such such pupils mum is a pain and show it on my DD.(just paranoid I guess)I come out of the meeting thinking I will do my best at home and let her just enjoy the school. We are travelling outside our catchment to attend a primary and this feeds to a so so comp.
The required level of stage5/6 gives me an idea how fierce the competition is going to be.

Sorry to be a pain - How did you prepeare for the interview. She is going to stagecoach for 6 months (on some mums adv it will boost her confidence) cant see that it is worth the money and certainly it will be stopped if DD gets a place in an indie.Do you think being a quiet/shy girl is a disadvantage.

Just checked key stages. Key stage 4 is GCSE - what level is 5/6.

Hi again SAMS.

Firstly, it's no disadvantage being shy - my daughter was the same - and they won't know that from the entrance exam! Stagecoach is a good idea though.

Secondly, here's a webpage that might help you with Key Stage levels:

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/work/curriculum_guide/key_stages_levels.shtml

As you can see, Key Stage 2, level 4 is what most children are expected to have reached by the time they leave primary school at age 11. Above average for an 11 yr old would be level 5. You should be aiming for well above average if you want your daughter to stand out from the crowd. That's why I said aim for level 5/6.

It's perfectly do-able for bright kids so don't worry

IS there anything equivalent to GDST for boys, or co-ed schools?

oh that makes sense now I thought keystage level5/6!!!!!!!!!.
Thanks for your support.

No prob

"IS there anything equivalent to GDST for boys, or co-ed schools? "
I don't think there is as the GDST (once the GPDST was set up in the 19th century to provides schools that would give a similar education to that in the boys grammar schools. So the equivalent are the boys' independent schools (occasionally state grammar schools) in most large towns that have been going for hundreds of years. Lots of these are now co-ed.

There are charitable schools for boys, like Bluecoat schools, but not linked in same way as gdst afaik