[ashmalog]

Originally Posted by Quoll

Absolutely nothing to do with Aussie education at all. There are a couple of selective High Schools but generally this is one huge egalitarian country and tall poppies are generally chopped off at the knees. No one here will have heard of the 11+ and I can guarantee that absolutely no one will care whether he has passed it or not. If you can find a school which has a gifted and talented program or if there is a selective HS near where you settle, they will have their own assessment processes because the kids are in competition with each other. We have one formal HS G & T program in ACT. There is at least on selective HS in Sydney that I know of plus some OC classes which are G & T.

Grammar Schools here are private schools and the only criterion (well, almost the only criterion) to get in is the capacity to pay the fees ($15,000+) pa. They do like the kids to be bright as well and many of them you need to put the kids' names down on the waiting list at birth.

thanks for your insight but you came across as a little harsh with your comments. i'm not trying to get something for nothing, i just wanted to see if the entrance exam here for grammer schools would help my son in oz that is all.