Common Entrance - when child in a state school

[newtothis15]

Has anybody prepared a child for CE exam, when the child was in state school...is it possible? We are considering 13+ school private, child would go for Year 7/8 to state school. Thank you

I suppose it's a case of whether you go for the normal entry route for a school, or hope they have a late place.

Uppingham is a CE school for all those coming from preps or own Y8 exam for those from other schools including overseas ones. That's a pretty normal approach. I think there's a competitive hurdle at either 11+ both direct, and later entry (confirmed by CE or some other qualifying test/assessment in Y8) or at 13+

I think there's some muddling here of 'entrance exams' and CE. CE isn't used for admission at 11+

CE is taken in May/June of Year 8. Ordinary entrance exams for admission into Year 9 are mostly taken in January of Year 8.

CE is very different from other entrance exams, and requires specific teaching.

My DS did CE as the final hurdle in the admissions process (following pre-test in Y6, scholarship interview and ordinary interview). The place he was offered was conditional upon a "satisfactory pass in CE". The school he wanted to go to only takes pupils from 13/Year 9.

There was - then, at any rate - a different admissions process for pupils who were at state schools, and it didn't involve CE. I seem to think that the school also funded (means-tested) some pupils to attend a prep school for Years 7 and 8, though you would of course have to have applied very early and have firmly fixed on that senior school. The only real advice anyone could give would be to consult the school you want your child to attend. They will give you the information.

Appreciate that things might have changed meanwhile, though!

I agree @BoardingSchoolMater

How you have set it out is my experience