My DS has just sat a mock examination for 11 plus. Had results today and they're not great. He's at a pretty good state primary. His teacher was very encouraging about him doing test. His recent report put him at exceeding (greater depth) in all aspects of maths and English although we always knew his English was much stronger than his maths.
Anyway results are 86% in English but only 34% in maths against average of 71%.
He does have a tutor who has concentrated on maths but don't know what to do now. Give up on idea or try to get him somewhere near for exam in two months? When I've looked, he's left lots of answers out that I think he could do quite easily and got some wrong that I think he will know correct answer to when he looks again. Don't want to force him to do anything he won't enjoy but seems shame when his English is so strong. Do I just accept though that whilst he can do much better than this, having scored high 90s in practice papers in English and 80% in maths, looks like he just can't do it in exam situation. Any advice? He's 10 btw. Going in year Y6.