grammar school areas - 6th form question

[BoyMeetsWorld]

Hi,
Does anybody have any experience of sending DCs to private school yr 7-11 then back into state / grammar for 6th form?

How did they find it and how easily did you obtain a place?

I have no direct experience, but a friend's DD went from private to (super?) selective grammar for sixth form. She passed an entrance exam, don't know how easily, and has settled well and making excellent academic progress.

I know lots of private school pupils join the local Comp for sixth form (in at least one subject it is simply the best place to study), lots also join local sixth form colleges. But we're not a grammar school area.

Thank you....I'm just wondering in ridiculously competitive catchment areas, whether it's still like that at 6th form or totally different so long as you have the right grades

Quite a few leave dses private school for grammar 6th form. There's s lot of movement generally On changing schools for 6th form in my area, state to private as well.

I used to teach in a grammar school. One problem some found is that the main body of students had already had 4 years together and knew the ways of the school/established friends and some.found it quite hard to settle in in the 6th form. It's different than going to the college where everyone is new. Similarly in some subjects they had been taught to a v high level at GCSE so that was assumed at A level. Obviously not all subjects and obviously loads made friends but it's part of the mix.

Look at the size of the cohort. If it is 90 in a year in lower school but 180 in a year in sixth form, then it's (very generally speaking) twice as easy to get in.
Our local superselective is very difficult to get into at Y7, you have to be about 98 percentile. But, by the time they take in the extra pupils at sixth form, their results are not stunning and they produce a lot of B grades at A Level.
Have a look at the DfE performance tables for a clue: our SS has an average point score of A- at KS4 then B+ for KS5.