11 plus done.....now it's the waiting game to see if dd's passed. Anyone else feeling a bit stressed?

[littlebopeepsheep]

I thought I'd feel great that it's all done, but I think I feel a bit worse now! DD came out of both tests feeling happy and that she'd done really well on one and pretty well on the other but you can't tell can you? I just worry that if she's not passed she will feel like a failure when she's never felt like that before. She also really loves the grammar school and will be so disappointed if she doesn't get in.

[Middleoftheroad]

Good luck and if you do need any advice just PM me

[Gileswithachainsaw]

Where did u read that bella

Is the Kent or everywhere?

If we got the miracle needed to pass I was hoping it would at least bring some relief we would get a place?

[bellabelly]

It was just Kent test, Giles. Someone on the 11+ forum posted a Kent online link yesterday. Sorry, didn't mean to panic you! Mind you, someone else said that the Kent online website posts pretty much the same story every year so not to worry...

Thanks, Middle, will do if I need to!

[Gileswithachainsaw]

Thank you...

The thought that it was all for nothing.....

I hope you guys don't have any trouble and get the results you worked so hard for

So near yet so far. Finding the idea they are on envelopes in the scholl office as we speak unbelievably frustrating

Mind you no news is good news I guess. We can have that hope a little longer

[BertrandRussell]

"We are in Kent so an appeal might stand a chance but have just been reading that this year is a record breaking year for passes and there won't be enough places for everyone who passed..."

Where did you read that? In the past, the mark has been adjusted to make sure everyone who passes has a place. Have they changed the system?

[bellabelly]

Bertrand, it's a site called Kent online (all one word but autocorrect keeps changing it) - a local news website. Someone on the forum posted the link yesterday. Record number of students sitting exam. Many out of county though so might not actually want a place in Kent. Just doing Kent test as practice? [clutches at straws]

[Taffeta]

It's a record breaking year every year, each year more and more take the test and therefore more pass.

Many are OOC grammar tourists who take the test as practice with little or no intention of applying.

[mountford100]

Its just common sense that if you have '2000' places for grammar school 11 and '5000' achieved a score of 334 it would not be a pass !

Despite the claim from parents DD/DS passed the 11+ but there was no place , they did not because they were not in the highest scoring 23-25% of pupils.

[bellabelly]

So, apart from the "super selectives" which will take students from anywhere if they pass with very high scores, most grammars here have a catchment area and will admit by score within the catchment. So it's possible to have a pass but not high enough score to gain a place at your local grammar. Which is rough on those who passed but didn't reach the cut-off score.

[bellabelly]

And adds another level of anxiety to the whole stupid procedure!

[bellabelly]

For anyone waiting for Kent Test results -
this is the scaremongering kentonline article -
here

[BertrandRussell]

I think that must be for superselectives, not just ordinary Kent grammars. They all admit on distance, so no use to offcomedens.

[shouldwestayorshouldwego]

My understanding of that news is that most of the 4650 Kent children who passed will secure one of the 5060 places available. Although probably not evenly distributed that is 410 more places than children. Many non-superselectives give priority to those in Kent areas so I imagine that they will be harder to get into if you are out of area. The superselctives will be more competitive this year, but even there many have an inner catchment for nearby students. I think that it will be those children living out of Kent who will find it harder to get a place and anyone going for a parental appeal.

[bellabelly]

Yes, it's the parental appeal aspect of it that concerns me. Ho hum.

[bellabelly]

Though probably a moot point as I am not sure I could cope with appealing if it comes to that.

[Gileswithachainsaw]

None of the admissions policies at the schools i looked out say anything other than a pass needed and distances reached go quite far. And we are catchment for the one we want.

Does anyone know if that actually happens in bucks that it goes to highest scores which could go to those out of catchment leaving us lot screwed?

[shouldwestayorshouldwego]

It sounds as if you will be fine Giles I think that you would know if you were looking at a superselctive. The only thing it might affect is appeals as if she didn't pass and you appealed plus someone who passed but was out of catchment appealed then the panel would need to weigh up if the child who passed but lives further away has a better case than your dd who is near but didn't pass.

[Judashascomeintosomemoney]

For anyone in Kent, you might find useful info on this site //www.kentadvice.co.uk , it will probably be updated very quickly after the results are out in Kent. A bit more helpful than the Kentonline article.

[Judashascomeintosomemoney]

It’s not just a grammar site but it does have reliable info re results, appeals etc

[Gileswithachainsaw]

I dont think they are super selective. I've not looked much as chances are slim anyway.

But it's bad enough that I live near a few schools ( primary and secondary )ranging from virtually next door to 1.5 miles away so all walking distance and between small catchments and criteria I don't meet (church/faith etc) and a high birth year a part from two really bad catchment schools I can't get into any if them even though every day people walk past my house to get to them or the bus stops from further away.

Even the first choice school despite being further away (loads from here go though)its still a quicker bus journey than my catchment and likely allocated school.

I could not bare it if on top of that we were booted out for higher scores from people up to several miles away.

[BertrandRussell]

"Many non-superselectives give priority to those in Kent areas so I imagine that they will be harder to get into if you are out of area."
As far as I am aware, all Kent non superselectices go on catchment. So no chance at all for out of area candidates.

[Tinty]

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[shouldwestayorshouldwego]

Yes I don't know any which don't have a priority towards Kent children BertandRussell but being Mumsnet I thought if I said that they all prioritise Kent children someone would come on to tell me about a grammar school I have never heard of which dips into East Sussex in fact I think TWBG might with the three mile rule .

[BertrandRussell]

I'm sorry to be a pedant, shouldwe, but they don't prioritize Kent children. They give places to children who have passed the test who live in their catchment area.

[Judashascomeintosomemoney]

There’s only one super-selective, as far as I am aware, in my part of Kent so i.e. only one where the admissions criteria of distance might become less relevant. Indeed, last year there were two North/East Kent Grammars undersubscribed at offers day so, in theory, any child from East Sussex, London or where ever, that had sat the Kent Test and passed would have got a place if it was on their CAF. Though I can’t imagine anyone would want to travel that far of course!