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The Headmaster of the prep school had some firm opinions about which senior independent schools he favoured. He knew which were most suitable for Verity’s daughter. Then later, her son.
Verity’s daughter was accomplished at sports, so schools offering opportunities for sports scholarships were on the agenda.
Additionally, Verity needed to take in to account how her daughter was likely to perform in an entrance exam if one was required, as well as her likely attainment in the Common Entrance Exam.
Verity’s budget allowed her to keep their options open and consider boarding school, which meant that they could look at establishments much further away from home.
Verity had completed her research for a school and pretty much made a final decision by the time her daughter was in Y7.
Scholarship assessments in the Spring of Y8 and Common Entrance in the summer. Verity’s daughter started at her new school in Y9 when she was 13. By this time Verity was well in the throes of carrying out the same research process for her son.
The two children are at different boarding schools – the daughter at an all girls’ school and the son had chosen a co-ed school. During the first year at senior school, Y9, choices were made for GCSE subjects – ‘Options’, and the GCSE courses started at the beginning of Y10.
Verity’s daughter was nearing 11. Therefore Verity started to consider which senior school her daughter should progress on to. Verity considered briefly putting her in for the 11+ in an attempt to get her into a Kent grammar school but for a variety of reasons decided against this. Had she decided on this route she would have needed to register for her to sit the test in the summer of Y5 with a view to sitting it in the September of Y6.