Bucks 11+

[insomniac1]

Hi everyone

I just wanted to get some opinions on the TSTT bucks 11+. I have a June born son who is quite immature for his age. He is in year 3 at a very selective and academic independent through school and the feedback we get is that academically he's doing ok (pretty average) but he is quite lazy, not very competitive, very disorganised. He is excellent at reading and comprehension when it's a multiple choice type thing but is a slow writer. He's average at maths. He likes things like VR and NVR.

We are considering moving to Amersham purely to get him into dr challoners. We like his current school but financially are starting to wonder whether we want to commit to senior school fees.

I know that no one can answer this but what are your experiences with the 11+? Is it really as hard as everyone says? For an averagely academic child (although his strong points are multiple choice type questions/verbal reasoning etc as opposed to creative writing) if we tutor him from the middle of year 4 does he have a chance of passing? Or does he have to be super super smart to pass?

I'm asking as if we do go down this route it involves moving house!!

Thank you so much.

However living in catchment is the best solution. No finding God needed!

I probably know maybe 30 local children/families. Of which two have abused the system by bribing clergy. That's 6% which is not insignificant. (Admittedly anecdotal rather than hard data.)

I wouldn't dream of spilling the beans. It's the system (and church) which is at fault, not the parents and certainly not the children.

I have no skin in the game - DD is off to grammar. But the whole thing is desperately unfair and
made even worse by corruption.

“Dropping a note for others who are in a similar boat”@unconventionalmum23

As a midwife and a mother, I am bewildered. I suggest steering a wide berth from www.facebook.com/vicky.collins.927 from total tutoring in High Wycombe if she’s “taking an hour of her own time” to brainwash you, a new mother!

Your child is THREE MONTHS OLD!! If she genuinely cares about education, she would be advising you to relax with your child and simply enjoy and nurture each other.

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am considering moving into Bucks from Hampshire for my DD who is only 3 months old! It's a total minefield. I signed up to a lot of the 11+ forums online and came across a truly wonderful soul

www.facebook.com/vicky.collins.927 from total tutoring in High Wycombe. She took an hour of her own time to have a chat on her experiences of schools but also the component parts that make up successful candidates for grammar schools.

Dropping a note for others who are in a similar boatI