We live in a grammar school area & I would like ds to do his 11 plus, when the time comes, (which I believe will be the October when he is in yr6). I'm not into hot house tutoring or anything, but know for a fact that even the very brightest dcs who took the test last year from his school didn't get in.
He is very able & various teachers have told me he is clever enough to go to grammar school, so I was thinking of getting a tutor for him (1x a week for an hour,) from the start of yr 5, to help him prepare, understand how the exams work, what they are assessing, practise the types of questions they ask etc.
But others have told me they should be preparing throughout yr4, because otherwise they'll be disadvantaged, particularly against dcs in privates schools, (there are a couple of private primaries nearby whose main focus seems to be preparing dcs for 11 plus - their numbers increase dramatically for ks2). So should I be doing extra work with him in yr4, (either focused on 11+ or more general academic stuff, in maths & literacy concerning whatever nc level he is working towards at the time,) or do I need to be thinking about a tutor earlier than I'm planning (will the best ones get full, if I wait until the beginning of the academic year)?
He is currently yr3 & I don't do any extra work with him, just follow schools advice/guidelines on homework, which is to encourage him to read widely & discuss books/plots lines/language/empathy/understanding etc with him & in maths to learn/practise timetables, workout shopping totals/change, alongside the more specific weekly homework tasks he gets. He was assessed NC level 3b, across the board at the end of yr 2 & has been a free reader since start of yr1.
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When is the best time to start preparing your dc for 11 plus?
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Joyn · 13/12/2011 16:16
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