Zephy wrote:
Hello,
I am new to this site and just trying to get my head around the whole grammar school thing so please forgive any ignorance on the subject and also the lengthy post!
I am a mother to three and we are currently preparing to move away from London to the North Cotswolds. From my understanding this would put us in the south catchment for the above three grammar schools.
My children are Y4, Y2 and the youngest will start reception in September. They are all summer born (the youngest is right at the end of August).
My question (or more of a request really) to everyone with offers (from any year) is if you'd be so kind as to let me know the month your DC was born. Their score would be useful too but if you'd prefer not to then I understand. I'm just trying to work out statistically if they have just as much of a chance as their older peers.
I know there's more to this than just age but it would be really interesting to see if there is some correlation between age and success in the 11+.
I think academically DD (Y4) and DS (Y2) are capable (although, tbh, my eldest is probably more borderline) so any general thoughts on the actual schools would be interesting too. KES seems tiny so competition to get in must be huge!
Anyway, thank you for reading and taking the time to post. It's a long road ahead and I'm panicking that time is already running out for my eldest...
Thanks again!
Hello
Not in your area, but in our local and at the time non age standardised 11+, our DC did follows (pass = 303):
June birthday, 2008 entry: >340 (A level 5 A grades)
September birthday, 2012 entry: 290. (GCSEs 4A*/equivalent, 6A/equivalent. Admits probably did something very silly with one of the 11+ papers, which unfortunately was worth 50% of the total marks

).
October birthday, 2014 entry: 378, currently year 10.
Age standardisation, which is employed in the Birmingham / Warks 11+, compares those of the same age with each other, so if the mean raw score for the August born is lower than the mean of the September born, a given raw score achieved by the August born will normally result in a higher standardised score than the same raw score achieved by the September born. The relative proportions of each month's birthdays on a given standardised score should more or less represent the promotions in the cohort as a whole.
Btw, standardised scores tell you where you are on the distribution curve of those with whom you are being compared; they are not, despite the persistent misconception of some, 'out of' the maximum standardised score in the population under comparison.