Kendrick - some very early questions!
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 5:16 pm
Hi all,
My daughter has only just finished Yr 3, so it's very early to be thinking about secondary schooling, but her teacher has just told us that she thinks she's a possible Kendrick candidate and we ought to start thinking about it next year. We live close to Reading so are in catchment, but I have to confess that I hadn't even heard of Kendrick before her teacher mentioned it.
We've not lived here long, and I come from Buckinghamshire in an area where it's all grammar schools (so everybody takes the 11+ as standard and there's nowhere near as much competition). Having looked at the Kendrick info, it seems it's quite cut-throat?
I've had a good read of these fabulous forums but I'm still thoroughly confused and wondered if anybody could help me with the following just to get me started, and then hopefully I can forget about it for a year or so!
- Would it be possible to go and look around Kendrick? I've seen on their website they have open days, but these seem to be aimed at pupils due to start at the school and not those only considering it. I'd like to take her around maybe next year (think they do an open day in July?) just so she can see if it's something she wants to try and work for or not bother.
- Are National Curriculum levels any indication of ability to gain a place? That seems to be what has led her teacher to tell us about Kendrick, but I wouldn't have thought they'd have much relevance? If it makes any difference, she's Levels 3a/4c/4b (at end of Yr 3).
- How does the scoring work, is anybody able to give me a dummies guide? I've seen talk of 109, but then also talk of birthdays making a difference, catchment, etc?
- Am I right in thinking that we'd get Kendrick results first and then subsequently put our school application in with our local council? If she doesn't get a certain place at Kendrick, presumably if we then put it as our first choice she'd be very unlikely to get her second choice if things don't work out with Kendrick? We're also in catchment for The Holt which is supposed to be very good (again, not something I've looked in to really with her only being in Yr 3/4!), so wouldn't want to ruin our chances of a place there by putting Kendrick if we've got no hope.
I'm sure that these questions have been asked previously, but I promise I have done a search! Perhaps I'm just not using the correct search terms to bring relevant threads up.
Thanks in advance for any help that any of you can give.
My daughter has only just finished Yr 3, so it's very early to be thinking about secondary schooling, but her teacher has just told us that she thinks she's a possible Kendrick candidate and we ought to start thinking about it next year. We live close to Reading so are in catchment, but I have to confess that I hadn't even heard of Kendrick before her teacher mentioned it.
We've not lived here long, and I come from Buckinghamshire in an area where it's all grammar schools (so everybody takes the 11+ as standard and there's nowhere near as much competition). Having looked at the Kendrick info, it seems it's quite cut-throat?
I've had a good read of these fabulous forums but I'm still thoroughly confused and wondered if anybody could help me with the following just to get me started, and then hopefully I can forget about it for a year or so!
- Would it be possible to go and look around Kendrick? I've seen on their website they have open days, but these seem to be aimed at pupils due to start at the school and not those only considering it. I'd like to take her around maybe next year (think they do an open day in July?) just so she can see if it's something she wants to try and work for or not bother.
- Are National Curriculum levels any indication of ability to gain a place? That seems to be what has led her teacher to tell us about Kendrick, but I wouldn't have thought they'd have much relevance? If it makes any difference, she's Levels 3a/4c/4b (at end of Yr 3).
- How does the scoring work, is anybody able to give me a dummies guide? I've seen talk of 109, but then also talk of birthdays making a difference, catchment, etc?
- Am I right in thinking that we'd get Kendrick results first and then subsequently put our school application in with our local council? If she doesn't get a certain place at Kendrick, presumably if we then put it as our first choice she'd be very unlikely to get her second choice if things don't work out with Kendrick? We're also in catchment for The Holt which is supposed to be very good (again, not something I've looked in to really with her only being in Yr 3/4!), so wouldn't want to ruin our chances of a place there by putting Kendrick if we've got no hope.
I'm sure that these questions have been asked previously, but I promise I have done a search! Perhaps I'm just not using the correct search terms to bring relevant threads up.
Thanks in advance for any help that any of you can give.