Hi,
Feeling bad for DS at the moment. He sat his first mock 11+ at the weekend and scored around 55%. He is one of the top of his class in school and always does well with any bits of preparation we do at home and he thought he'd done ok so this came as a bit of a shock. I've not told him his score as I know he'll be upset and demotivated.
I guess I'm just wondering if anyone has any positive stories of poor mock performance but then doing well in the real thing? I've looked through his answers and a lot of them are what look like silly mistakes. There were only a handful that I thought were genuinely too hard for him or covered topics he hasn't covered in great depth yet.
I don't want a debate on grammar schools. I hate the system but I am from this area, my family are here and it's just where we live and something we're automatically part of. Almost every child at his school sits the exam and his friends are on track to do well and more than anything he wants to be at the same school as them. We do one hour with a tutor and bits at home. More tuition is not an option, either money-wise or wellbeing wise for DS!
The exam is September. Just feels like a long 3-4 months of dredging ourselves through somethign which we may already have a sign isn't going to be worth it.
Thank you :)