Ibstock Place School CAT scores

[Vive42]

Would anyone who recently got an offer from Ibstock kindly share approximately what their DC’s CAT score was?

We are considering it for DS and want to know if he’s within the range of their academic ability.

It’s a school we don’t know very well but have realised they now have a school bus route which means it could be an option for us.

Our prep school gave us some data on this and for three years 2019-2022 the average was about 120. No children accepted from our school in 2022 but the average for kids with offers last year was 130. The kids with offers went to St Paul’s, Latymer etc.. I think a lot talked about on this board how last year they under offered.

I have a DS at Ibstock (yr9) and my DD has an 11+ offer to go there in sept. They have had bus routes for a number of years actually for different parts of London, and in some areas (eg Fulham) parents have privately arranged bus services as well (it's cheaper!). Plus there is a free school shuttle bus each morning/afternoon to and from Barnes station.
In terms of CATs - your school can advise. Ours went to state school which doesn't do CATs! Think it was in the 120-125 region or so they said they wanted.
You can also use ATOM to calibrate where your child is (their SAS scores about 10 points difference to a CAT, plus you can enter the school you are going for and it shows you how your child is doing vis a vis where they need to be for that school). Some will say it's inaccurate/spurious but we found it helpful and DD got some great offers (phew!! and so glad I am now done with 11+....it's a tough journey for kids and families!!)

Thank you both for the information, it's helpful and hopeful!

A friend who works there told me that they are massively increasing their Y7 intake for sept 24 (from 100-150) so will be taking in those with much lower scores than previous years. HTH.

That will be a nightmare. The school already isn’t big enough for the kids it has with busy crowded corridors and no handle on behaviour. So much harder the more kids there are.
And presumably less opportunities for drama/music/sports teams and less chance for the kids who plod along in the middle to be noticed or known.
Plus the results are falling even with kids who joined when it was more academically selective. Madness.

I'm not sure about the increase in numbers - but my friends daughter has been offered a place in Year 9 next year and her CAT is 104.
So perhaps @coincidentally is correct...?...