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Central and SW London 11+

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Justarrivedlondon · 23/09/2022 14:30

Just arrived in UK and with no idea how my kid would stack up against peer, we arrange for him to take the sutton mock and he finished around top 15% overall (top 5% math and top 25% english). He also just get through sutton grammars stage 1. He scored on average about 120-125 on atom (130+ on Math and NVR and 100-120 on VR and English).

Does he stand a chance for schools like St Paul, King's, City of London? Or perhaps Hampton, LUS or RGS Guildford? Or if these are a bit stretched, then would he have a good chance at Trinity, KGS, Whitgift etc? For schools like Epsom, Freeman?

We have limited knowledge of all these, may be asking too much but would appreciate any advices. Also, being new to this country, you could imagine he would be a bit weaker in English compared to Math or NVR. Any of the above schools would give a good weighting to Math? or perhaps any schools would need a very good english and a good math grade would not suffice?

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hockeygrass · 23/09/2022 15:12

OP, I think you have previously posted re St Paul's and the replies said if your ds is at a prep school his chances of entry at 11 are slim as the entry point is for dc from state schools.
Otherwise all the schools listed look possible as you now have the success at Sutton set 1. Although I would add KCS do like strong English.

I would visit as many open days as you can, look at the fees (the Epsom fees are eye watering), look at the sports offered, ie no hockey or swimming at Hampton, journey times from where you would like to live - not many people consider City of London and RGS, take the advice of your prep school and then register for 5 schools with a range of difficulty. You will also have the grammar school option too. The examination dates often clash too, this is done on purpose by the schools so you can't sit entry for too many so it's worth noting the dates.
Best of luck as it's a long process.

hockeygrass · 23/09/2022 15:26

Also to add in case you didn't know OP, you prep school writes a reference for your ds for each school you register with which is why your prep school needs to be involved in the selection process.

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