geocachers wrote:
Hi
We are still in shock at our results yesterday for Gloucestershire. Our very able DS has failed to qualify for all schools, no rankings given at all and something seems to have gone disastrously wrong for him on the day. He and we have no idea what, he seemed quietly confident on the day and got an answer down for everything. We are familiar with the process, he has an older DS who qualified comfortably 3 years ago and is definitely less able. They had the same tutor and sat exactly the same mock papers and my youngest achieved double the score of my eldest.
Clutching at straws to see what can have gone so wrong for him, is it possible the computer has not read his pencil markings? Does that happen if they don't press hard enough? We will ask for a remark but I know there is no guarantee they will do that. Both my sons are very upset and so I feel we have to try to see what went wrong here with the test at least.
Any advice gratefully received.
My Dd failed both her 11 and 12 plus despite being top of her class and very bright. She got 141 across the board in her CAT tests so It was bewildering at the time. We got her into GS on appeal. When she started GS we were expecting her to be at the lower end of ability but found she was top of her classes. She did very well in all school tests but did less well than expected in the longer timed end of year tests. In year 10 I went and spoke to the head of year and she was put forward for SDLp testing. We consequently found that my Dd has Dyslexia and slow processing speed. This was masked by me teaching her to read using a dyslexia reading scheme called Toe by Toe. Her reading is fine in fact in year 6 she had a reading age of 15plus. I had no idea that very bright Dyslexics can seemingly read very well. My Dd reads text and words out loud perfectly. The problem comes in processing text, especially large amounts of text and comprehending the text in the fast paced 11 plus was simply beyond her. Having the diagnosis has helped my Dd because she gets 25% extra time (still not enough for her to level the playing field). I tell you this story, just in case you might be missing something with your DS. This is a link to the 37 signs of Dyslexia.
https://www.dyslexia.com/about-dyslexia ... -37-signs/