Flagship standards
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Flagship standards
Much as I didn't want to make any comments here, I couldn't help but contradict this statement. Many children I know (including my own) chose ind over grammar for various reasons. We personally chose the 30th in the FT league over the 5th and certainly were not alone in doing so.T.i.p.s.y wrote:My experience of most of the posters on the independent section is that they had very little choice and had to go down the independent route. They either didn't pass the 11+ or couldn't get a GS place and were offered a place at a sink school. Some have children with special educational needs and they have felt that they have had no choice but to struggle to send their child to an independent school.
From most preps only 30% to 40% take up the grammar places offered.
So I guess the inds are not made up of failed 2nd choice sink school avoiding candidates after all!!
Re: Flagship standards
To be fair I do not think tipsy argued anything like this. She was only pointing out that there may be a selection bias in the people that post to this thread. And she might (just might..) have a point as some anecdotal responses suggest.vas wrote:So I guess the inds are not made up of failed 2nd choice sink school avoiding candidates after all!!
Please keep posting in. I shall now withdraw silently...
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For what it's worth we chose a inde school over grammar even though DD achieved top marks in 11+. Our main reasons were
a-distinct preference for co-ed over all-girls
b-distinct preference for everything independent over everything state
In the words of DD Headmaster
"the vision remains the same: alongside high academic achievement, we want to allow boys and girls to grow into mature citizens, to use our independence to do our best for our pupils, unhindered by the latest government initiative, resisting the pressure to test at every turn; we want to retain both depth and breadth in what we offer...we also intend to do our best, in an increasingly fragmented society, to help our pupils to develop a sense of belonging, to appreciate the value of community and the importance that every individual has within the community."
a-distinct preference for co-ed over all-girls
b-distinct preference for everything independent over everything state
In the words of DD Headmaster
"the vision remains the same: alongside high academic achievement, we want to allow boys and girls to grow into mature citizens, to use our independence to do our best for our pupils, unhindered by the latest government initiative, resisting the pressure to test at every turn; we want to retain both depth and breadth in what we offer...we also intend to do our best, in an increasingly fragmented society, to help our pupils to develop a sense of belonging, to appreciate the value of community and the importance that every individual has within the community."
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Indeed it does..but we wanted a fallback.
The inde school application, as well as the exam, required consideration of whether the pupil was likely to be an asset-in practice evidence of not sitting on one's backside for the last 10 years playing computer games!!
"In selecting pupils at 11 for admission to the Senior School we are looking for academic potential to proceed to Higher Education. We also seek pupils with wide-ranging interests and talents, who are prepared to participate in the broader life of the School"
The inde school application, as well as the exam, required consideration of whether the pupil was likely to be an asset-in practice evidence of not sitting on one's backside for the last 10 years playing computer games!!
"In selecting pupils at 11 for admission to the Senior School we are looking for academic potential to proceed to Higher Education. We also seek pupils with wide-ranging interests and talents, who are prepared to participate in the broader life of the School"
For our son, sending him private would indeed have been a last resort to avoid sending him to our local sink comp, but for our daughter it's something we're considering as a possible first option (assuming we've got any money two years down the line). It's partly about what we think would suit each one individually, and partly about what we think each would put into it and get out of it.
Mike
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