Help _ What's it all about?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 6:13 pm
Hello
We recently moved house to Lincs and now find my daughter is in a 2-tier school system with the option of grammar school. We moved from a 3-tier system where your child either went to the local catchment school or you paid about £9k/yr for private school.
So my daughter is bright. She scored level 4's in her year 2 sats. She is currently year 5 but has done a year 6 sat paper and scored 4.
There are 2 grammar schools which both require the child to sit 2VR tests. What are they?
Also there is a secondary school which is apparently very good and for the last 2 years was over-subscribed. I hear that some children who passed 11+ opted to go there instead of the grammar.
So can someone tell me in simple terms what the 11+ is all about.
Does my child need a tutor?
When will she sit it? The open days for the schools are not til Sept.
Will her primary school give her any guidance towards the test or give her past papers to try?
All replies gratefully received - thanks
From a confused Mum in a new area
We recently moved house to Lincs and now find my daughter is in a 2-tier school system with the option of grammar school. We moved from a 3-tier system where your child either went to the local catchment school or you paid about £9k/yr for private school.
So my daughter is bright. She scored level 4's in her year 2 sats. She is currently year 5 but has done a year 6 sat paper and scored 4.
There are 2 grammar schools which both require the child to sit 2VR tests. What are they?
Also there is a secondary school which is apparently very good and for the last 2 years was over-subscribed. I hear that some children who passed 11+ opted to go there instead of the grammar.
So can someone tell me in simple terms what the 11+ is all about.
Does my child need a tutor?
When will she sit it? The open days for the schools are not til Sept.
Will her primary school give her any guidance towards the test or give her past papers to try?
All replies gratefully received - thanks
From a confused Mum in a new area