11 PLUS APPEALS • Dyslexia Grammar school appeal
HiMy daughter took the 11+ for our only local Grammar school. After taking the test and narrowly missing out due to not doing well enough on creative writing. Given we were surprised at missing out...
View ArticleBerkshire • Re: Reading Boys 2026 Admissions Policy
FSCE do like to mix it up a little. Each year they have a different English section. I suspect that they are now changing their approach to creative writing as it was becoming a little...
View Article11 PLUS APPEALS • Re: Dyslexia Grammar school appeal
Hi RUM and welcome to the Appeals board! Have you read the FAQs pinned to the top of this section? Please do as they will answer some of your queries above, and hopefully give you an idea of where to...
View Article11 PLUS APPEALS • Bucks 11+ - selection review
DD has a sister at a Bucks GS. Despite expectations only got 119 as score and went for selection review. Maths and NVR both under score, VR above. School do lots of tests every year which all show...
View Article11 PLUS APPEALS • Re: Bucks 11+ - selection review
Whatever the situation, appeals are very hard to win after an unsuccessful review. You are probably aware that you have to initially prove that the review was not "fair, consistent and objective".It...
View ArticleHertfordshire (Other and North London) • Re: Change to DAO admission policies...
A very sensible decision by DAOS's school board to abandon the proposed changes to the admission arrangements. The proposal was legally untenable.Statistics: Posted by Joyful_Parent321 — Mon Feb 10,...
View ArticleINDEPENDENT SCHOOLS • Re: WGS and MHSG entrance exams 2023
Hi, which school did you decide on in the end for your DD?I’m also interested to hear people’s views on both WGS and MHSG.Has your DC taken this years entrance exams for these schools Sheb89?Hi! Not...
View ArticleWarwickshire • Re: Results 2024 for 2025 Entry - Warks
Gosh this is the longest wait ever isn't it!!We are so close now to finding out Statistics: Posted by IHmum — Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:17 am
View ArticleINDEPENDENT SCHOOLS • Highgate
Anyone else anxiously waiting for the Highgate results today?Statistics: Posted by Blueberry2021 — Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:47 am
View ArticleINDEPENDENT SCHOOLS • Re: Highgate
Just saw the email that they are delaying announcing anything until tomorrow!Statistics: Posted by Blueberry2021 — Thu Feb 13, 2025 11:22 am
View ArticleSurrey (Sutton, Kingston and Wandsworth) • Re: Tiffin Girls 2024 (Waiting...
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View ArticleBirmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Wrekin • Cut offs
Morning,I am curious to know why cut off scores have gone up across the board? https://kingedwardvifoundation.co.uk/re ... nd-offers/Surely, if the proportion of pupils gaining each score remain the...
View ArticleBirmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Wrekin • Re: Cut offs
Are you referring to the scores for Cat 5 (and all scores for the Sutton schools)? - the actual 205/224 cutoffs haven't changed for yearsyes likely each year that there are more in catchment (birth...
View ArticleGENERAL 11 PLUS TOPICS • STAHS or Parmiter’s?
Hi everyone,We’re facing a dilemma and would love your input. My daughter has been offered a place at STAHS and also scored extremely high for Parmiter’s. Financially, private school is not an issue,...
View ArticleNON-VERBAL REASONING • Re: NVR books and resources for 11+ @home preparation
Not yet. Many grammar schools in the UK include Non-Verbal Reasoning (NVR) as part of their 11+ entrance exams. Here are some examples as far I know:- Bexley Grammar Schools: The Bexley Test includes...
View Article11 PLUS APPEALS • Re: Bucks selection review Allwillbefine
Thank you all for your guidance and tips. It helped a lot and we heard that the selection review was successful. Grateful for all the help on this forum! Statistics: Posted by Allwillbefine — Fri Feb...
View Article11 PLUS APPEALS • Re: Bucks Selection review
Hi, we got the selection review decision today and unfortunately the result is not positive. Is it advisable to go through appeal process, as the kid is doing really good at school and GDS at all...
View ArticleINDEPENDENT SCHOOLS • NLCS, CLSG or Latymer grammar
We were very fortunate to receive 11+ offers from the following schools:- NLCS (offer with X% tuition reduction scholarship)- CLSG (offer with £Xk per annum tuition reduction scholarship)- Habs Girls...
View ArticleINDEPENDENT SCHOOLS • Re: NLCS, CLSG or Latymer grammar
Congratulations, you clearly have a VERY bright DDI have no direct experience of Latymer but I can share one piece of anecdotal evidence: One of DS's best friends from QE has a younger sibling at...
View ArticleINDEPENDENT SCHOOLS • Re: Habs interview
Hello everyone! DS has been offered a place and we’re so excited. Does anyone know pupils that commute to the school from far away? We’re in Muswell Hill so looking at 50 min journey. It would be...
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