Assessments are arranged largely in order of the applicants’ birthdays...
/This one sentence that catches thousands of parents out each and every year.
Some parents who read this sentence make it mean that because their child is ‘summer born’ that they will have some sort of get out of jail free card and it does.. not… work… that… way.
So if that is what you are making that sentence mean, I invite you to re-think.
That is not what that sentence means.
What that sentence means is literally what it tells you. Nothing more than that.
‘Children are assessed along with similar aged children.’
This one sentence catches thousands of parents out each and every year too.
Some parents make this mean that because their child is ‘summer born’ that their assessment will somehow be different to their autumn born peers. Oh dear. Do you really think these top schools have the time and energy to differentiate 4+ assessments?
Never in over 2 decades have I ever had a parent call me to tell me this…
‘Maria, guess what? My summer born child did a completely different exam to their autumn born peers!’
Never…Not one single time.
If you want a school like Highgate for your child then prepare your child properly for it.
If you’re not too fussed about it, then don’t.
But understand that top schools like Highgate are top schools for a reason. They take the brightest and the best.
If that offends you, then the 4+ process is simply not for you.
