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moon78
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about independent schools

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please anyone tell me the process of 11+ independent schools procedure.
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Which schools / area are you looking at ?
moon78
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hermanmunster wrote:Which schools / area are you looking at ?
sutton /stains area
Thingsbehindthesun
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Have you short listed any schools and do you have a girl or boy?

Generally most schools ask parents to first fill in a registration form and send it in with the registration fee, before a set deadline. Usually there's also a entrance exam but its contents vary depending on the school.Then there's an interview and you finally find out the results around march.
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Waiting_For_Godot
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Post by Waiting_For_Godot »

I think you will get more replies if you are more specific.

Son or daughter?
Co-ed or single sex?
Selective or not?
Financial aid required?
Age of entry?
Area?

etc....
menagerie
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Independent schools set their own entrance specs, so no two exams are the same. I'd look at the school nearest to you, make a shortlist of the ones you're interested in and then find out what they want. It can range from one exam to four, with or without an interview. Some have 10+ entry as well as 11+, some only have 13+, some have a linked prep, others have several feeder preps. Open days, visits, entrance exams are all at different times of the year - some do rolling open days frequently (e.g. Hampton) others do one and if you miss it, that's it.
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