Jump to content

4+ assessments


Elca20

Recommended Posts

Hi


I was hoping for advice about what independent primary schools look for in a 4+ assessment.

We've been looking at JAPPS, Alleyns, St Dunstans among others.


I know some schools are harder to get into than others, but have no idea what the criteria are.


I'd really appreciate any advice or experiences.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

We did the St Dunstans assessment last year, the children were taken into a room and observed playing, listening to a story/answering questions and drawing a picture from what I can remember. It was all very friendly and in no way a "test". They said they were looking for children who engaged and were curious, not necessarily the cleverest!
Link to comment
Share on other sites

No need to prepare, in my opinion! They are only four! They are looking for engaged, curious kids. It helps if they are used to being with other adults and don't get too upset when they join the other kids. But my advice would be to not stress, the teachers are great and friendly and it's just a fun day for the kids. They are mainly looking for whether the kids would fit into to school, whether the focus is sports, arts, etc. It's also a chance for you to check out the school- works both ways!
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Justasking Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> No need to prepare, in my opinion! They are only

> four! They are looking for engaged, curious kids.

> It helps if they are used to being with other

> adults and don't get too upset when they join the

> other kids. But my advice would be to not stress,

> the teachers are great and friendly and it's just

> a fun day for the kids. They are mainly looking

> for whether the kids would fit into to school,

> whether the focus is sports, arts, etc. It's also

> a chance for you to check out the school- works

> both ways!


I agree with this - we have 2 kids (girl and boy) so have been through assessments for Herne Hill, DPL, JAPS, Alleyn's and Sydenham at either 3+ or 4+.

We didn't do any prep other than take them to the open days, explain that they will be going there to play with the teachers and toys (and adults aren't allowed to play with the children's toys but we will be in another room drinking coffee). We were offered places at all but one.

Good luck!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • Do also remember that, whilst this is the original there is an unrelated FB presence with a (very) similar name, which might also be prayed in aid. 
    • Yet another increase, its absolutely disgusting. I was charged £7.95 to send documents recorded delivery last week. I asked for the Signed for option that only costs £2.50 but the Post Office refused & said they would only send them recorded delivery. 
    • Thanks Admin for clarifying - I’ve now found the post they used to scrape my telephone number from. So it wasn’t a data breach from EDF, rather my foolishness posting it online 15 years ago…    Still leaving this thread here if that’s ok so that people are aware of this scam and don’t fall foul of it (also to think twice before posting phone numbers here as it can be used by any one as I’ve found out!)
    • There is deliberately nowhere to enter your phone number, name, address etc anywhere when registering an account on this forum. There never has been. There is no way to attach this sort of personal information to your account.  If someone says that EDF has given your phone number, then this is a lie. No personal information is sold to any third party and it is not collected in the first place.     
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...