Whereabouts?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:31, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Barrow - in - Furness
Cumbria was the last county to move to the Comprehensive system, and I was the last year to do 11 plus.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:34, Reply)

I was lucky, Kent still have them.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:36, Reply)

There are three within five miles of me, but only one of them is free.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:38, Reply)

Keeps the riff raff out.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:39, Reply)

You've still got the old 11+ system?
With Grammars and Secondary Moderns and stuff?

Thought that went out with Callaghan.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:39, Reply)

Sit

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:40, Reply)

Oops, they still test for the top 5 percent.

Sorry new computer
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:42, Reply)

I say that to my dogs and they do
What does it entail? I've no kids myself, so I don't know.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:44, Reply)

Standard aptitude test.
Maths and English.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:47, Reply)

So those that pass
Then move to, shall we say, a preferential stream of education?

I'm not being disengenious here - this is something that I've no knowledge of.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:51, Reply)

Absolutely.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:52, Reply)

Depends where you live
my grammar school was full of foaming retards, but that's because the whole county was. Same amount of money allocated, but the general theory is that by ability streaming people are less likely to get frustrated at being held back for the slow.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:53, Reply)

Right - to both of you
As I say, I've no invested interest in the question.

I'd just assumed that since my schooling in the early '80's nothing had changed and it was simply a question of "you live here - you go to this school unless you can pay for something better."

Thanks
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 21:02, Reply)

There's four or five counties
that still do grammars. I went to a grammar school for a couple of years
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 20:42, Reply)