Checking in for the first time....I have to admit to reading the whole thread but not really understanding most of it! I feel like I'm in a different world to most of you, I'm in Kent, DS sat the Kent test, results out Thursday at some point...been very stressful seeing all the local non grammar schools because we don't have a hope of getting our closest 3, we are just a tiny bit too far away.
He is autistic and sometimes struggles with school, secondary is where it could all go wrong. Before I started looking I wasn't too worried, but having seen the journey he's going to have to do to the schools he's likely to get into if he doesn't pass, I'm worried now! The schools themselves all have good things going for them, but the ones closer to us are so oversubscribed it's crazy.
I didn't do any prep with him until the July of this year and only then a little bit, one CGP book, just so he knew what to expect.
He could get a staff place at my grammar school, or there's a grammar in walking distance of somewhere I could drive him to possibly on my way to work, at a stretch. Getting home is a whole other issue!
Starting to get quite anxious, although I've been a ball of stress for weeks now really. Just need to know one way or the other!
All the other systems you're all dealing with sound crazy to me! Agree that it's so much to put on 10 year olds, which is why I kept it as casual as possible. Might backfire...