Eleven Plus

[muddy mudguard]

My nephew passed his 11+ today! Delighted for the little lad! He's going to the same school I went to - Bishop Wordsworth Grammar School, Salisbury. I feel v proud of him today!

This is a young lad who lost his dad at 6yrs old, just gone through a divorce (this year) and has triumphed for the first time in his life! I can't speak highly enough of him!

If you've got little ones taking this exam and getting their results - I wish them all the best!

As I said to my nephew - there is no pass or fail really - it's just an exam to determine which school is best to serve your academic needs.

Still, proud of him and feeling very happy that someone is following in my footsteps - although he's prob best not mentioning my name there!!

Well done JCXmas!

 

[Big Fat Sam]

This is a young lad who lost his dad at 6yrs old, just gone through a divorce (this year) and has triumphed for the first time in his life! I can't speak highly enough of him!

Bloody hell, he married young, didn't he?!

 

[Azzurri]

Is right kid.

 

[Kurt.]

Well played son....

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Can anyone sit the 11+ or do they just do it as an entry exam for Grammar schools ?

 

[carlos21]

is right lar.

 

[muddy mudguard]

Only sit it if you live in a 'catchment' area. There's only certain areas of the country that have Grammar schools.

On the Wirral you have Calday and Wirral (well it used to be when I was up there) - I went to Calday the moved darn sarf and went to Bishop Wordsworth - in Wiltshire.

I know Kent still has some, but not sure on other areas of the country.

 

[dead_soft]

Can anyone sit the 11+ or do they just do it as an entry exam for Grammar schools ?

It's an entry exam for grammar schools. Even then there is a lot of optional scope to it. It's basically down to the LEA/schools how they go about administering it.

 

[Eggs]

...you're rightly proud of him and he should be proud of himself. Great stuff.

 

[roydo]

Only sit it if you live in a 'catchment' area. There's only certain areas of the country that have Grammar schools.

On the Wirral you have Calday and Wirral (well it used to be when I was up there) - I went to Calday the moved darn sarf and went to Bishop Wordsworth - in Wiltshire.

I know Kent still has some, but not sure on other areas of the country.

Well in for your nephew mate. My old man went to Caldy, like years ago though. And I was in Salisbury just last week.

 

[Ralphie Boy]

Back of the net!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bungle]

Well done to the lad

 

[Moomin]

Excellent stuff, well played.

 

[degsy]

He shoots, He scores.

Anything that lets kids do the best that they can, rather than put everyone into the one size fits all average common denominator has got to be good.