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Hi Folks
My son attends a normal comprehensive secondary school has just finished year 7. The school is now turning into an academy, and with all these changes taking place, a lot of the staff are leaving.
I am thinking of sending my son to the local Grammar School in Wolverhampton and thinking of completing the admissions form for either year 9 or 10. However, I think my son may be faced with a problem - his academic ability. During some of his primary school life, he was absent for a large period of time due to health problems. He was also put on SEN because of his poor English grammar. Gladly, his health has now improved drastically, and doesn't tend to have many absent days now.
My question is - in order to prepare him for admission into year 9 or 10 of the grammar school, should I employ the services of a entrance exam tutor? If so, how do I choose the right one, and find out if he/she is 'good' at their job? How many hours a week should I ask the tutor to teach my son?
Finally, are entrance exams just another name for eleven plus exams, or are they entirely different?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
is it worth having a word with the school to explain your situation - there may be preparatory work that they can suggest, and they may even be willing to provide samples of past papers.
Thinking about it, the way to approach this may not be to look at his current grades, but more the improvement he has made in the last year or two once the problems had been resolved. I would hope that the school would look beyond his grades and look at his potential - that's certainly what I would be pushing.
no need to send him to the tutor . Tell your son to prepare at home only some grammar , main point and all. entrance exam normally won't be so difficult for these grade student so nothing to worry about that. All the wish for your son future
Preparing for an entrance exam is really one of the battles for the students and so the students have to take more time for the preparation and have to search more and more points and lessons from the web based on the exam pattern.
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