How would you do in the 11-plus test?

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

15/15

When I took the 11+ at Balfour in 1965, everyone passed in the A stream and only one boy failed in the B stream.


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[Hatterlovesbrighton]

15 for me :SMARTARSE:

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I don't understand.

You silly sausage. He thought it was a physical examination - so he put on clean undies.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

15/15

When I took the 11+ at Balfour in 1965, everyone passed in the A stream and only one boy failed in the B stream.

You had streaming at primary school ? Wow. What was that based on ?

 

[Braders]

i got 11/15 but was working as well as doing the test.

Exactly , not bad for a thick bloke

 

[HovaGirl]

13 for me got the two numerical codes wrong but I dont remember the 11+ being anything like that when I passed it.

It was exactly like that (in 1964, at least)! It's an IQ test and they're all like that. The trick isn't in working out the answers but how quickly you can do it.

 

[Shirty]

14/15.. last one got me

Ditto... with 1.18 left on the clock

 

[HovaGirl]

Likely you wouldnt get in I'm afraid if our knowledge of the Kent Grammar system is anything to go by!

Hove County Grammar would likely be super selective and massively overscribed by pushy middle class parents from affluent Hove itself as well as all over Sussex/East Hampshire and West Kent getting Johnny/Gemima tutored, meaning you would require 15 out of 15 to get in. With your mere 11/15 pass you would instead be offered far worse performing so far less selective Selsey Grammar (30 miles and 2 hours each way on bus each day) but the Council have fulfilled their requirement!.

That is exactly how it is working in West Kent at present as we head towards the 11+ with our eldest!

I went to Hove Grammar having passed the 11+ and our getting into the school had nothing to do with pushy, working-class parents in 1964 or by being super-selective. Only 2% of the country passed the 11+, so it didn't have to be. Most of the girls were working class, and came from as far away as Hayward's Heath, and it accepted all faiths.

 

[Triggaaar]

15/15
Better than I did in the Brighton fan test

 

[HovaGirl]

You had streaming at primary school ? Wow. What was that based on ?

Our primary school had streaming as well. It was based on academic ability, even at age 7. If you were in the B stream and improved, you could move into the A stream. Likewise if you floundered, you could go down to the B stream.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

You had streaming at primary school ? Wow. What was that based on ?

To be perfectly honest, I don't know how it was done, although we were all told our position in class during and at the end of each year.

 

[ram1992]

11/15

 

[Meade's Ball]

I got 13 and i have a hole in my brain. Taking that into account, i got 18.4.

 

[tedlit]

15/15.

Dad - who passed the 11+ in the 60s - only got 9/15 and is now not speaking to me.

 

[chimneys]

I went to Hove Grammar having passed the 11+ and our getting into the school had nothing to do with pushy, working-class parents in 1964 or by being super-selective. Only 2% of the country passed the 11+, so it didn't have to be. Most of the girls were working class, and came from as far away as Hayward's Heath, and it accepted all faiths.

I wasnt talking about 1964 (well done BTW!), I was talking about if Hove Grammar existed today, as the poster I responded to said he would get in with 11/15!

Hove is exactly the sort of place THESE DAYS where affluent/educated parents would kill to get their kids in to a Grammar School (as they seem to even with Blatchington Mill etc) understandably owing to some of the other state options. They would therefore pay for tutors/push Johnny to save a fortune in long run. It would therefore likely be able to be super selective, meaning only the cream (15/15 and not just a bare pass) would get in!

I was merely trying to demonstrate how it would work in Hove if you had a Grammar School these days as its exactly how it works these days in West Kent. It really isnt a case of just passing the 11+ as the competition is so fierce!

None of this was intended to take anything away from your achievements and I trust you took full advantage of the opportunity given!!

 

[BrightonGuy]

15/15 the last one had me puzzled for a bit, but it just came to me after looking at it for a while!!

same

 

[chimneys]

15/15.

Dad - who passed the 11+ in the 60s - only got 9/15 and is now not speaking to me.

No more questions your honour!!

 

[Notters' Dad]

15 for me! ( . . . . )

 

[Storer 68]

I wasnt talking about 1964 (well done BTW!),I was merely trying to demonstrate how it would work in Hove if you had a Grammar School these days as its exactly how it works these days in West Kent. It really isnt a case of just passing the 11+ as the competition is so fierce!

None of this was intended to take anything away from your achievements and I trust you took full advantage of the opportunity given!!

Godd heavens no. had I done so I would have gone to oxford University and become an accountant like lots of my friends.

 

[Bob!]

You've scored 15 out of 15.
Guessed at the last one though!
(was obviously a logical guess)
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