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Should I put my average child through 11+?

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LawyerMumAsia · 28/01/2024 21:52

Good evening. My child is in year 4 in London and quite average (based on feedback from teachers over the years). He needs to work on this and that but is keeping up generally. Private schools are not an option for us. Is it worth me putting him through the 11+ exams for the selective grammar? Put differently, I don’t want to put my son through all that stress and extra work when, ultimately, he is unlikely to succeed in making the cut for the selective grammar and we won’t be able to fall back on private schools (eg in the event that he does well enough to get into a private school but not well enough to get into a state grammar). He only has one childhood and these years are valuable. Many thanks.

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lolo99 · 05/02/2024 18:55

winterrabbit · 05/02/2024 16:39

Just to add, the school my DCs applies to was Latymer and it was over 2000 applications for 260 places, I think.

Sorry to hear your story- it is a brutal process. LU is VERY competitive. It was about 1400 I believe for much less than 200 places. Also they are co-ed so halve the chances. They also have a feeder.

PreplexJ · 05/02/2024 18:57

lolo99 · 05/02/2024 18:55

Sorry to hear your story- it is a brutal process. LU is VERY competitive. It was about 1400 I believe for much less than 200 places. Also they are co-ed so halve the chances. They also have a feeder.

Latymer and LU are different schools, both bird, one grammar another is a private

lolo99 · 05/02/2024 19:10

PreplexJ · 05/02/2024 18:57

Latymer and LU are different schools, both bird, one grammar another is a private

ah ok

LawyerMumAsia · 05/02/2024 21:31

Many thanks for all your helpful replies.

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NotInYourForrest · 05/02/2024 21:59

Totally get that. With offer day coming up ...

seascape124 · 06/02/2024 06:59

winterrabbit · 05/02/2024 16:42

Also to add, both my DCs were greater depth in all subjects. DS1 got 120/120 for reading/writing SATs in Year 6. DS2 got 135 in his maths CATs. Neither got close. In their years of 120 kids I think one or two in each year got in and in both cases they were kids who had siblings at the school so obviously knew what to revise, exam technique. I was not up to speed at all on that which didn't help.

I was surprised at some that didn't pass in my son's class. I think nerves can make a difference on the day. Amazing SAT results you must be incredibly proud.

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