My next grandson takes his 11+ in a couple of years and I cannot see him passing, what is the point of coaching your kids to pass an exam that sends them to a school they will struggle at and be unhappy?
Do remember that kids mature at different times. When I was seven, I was in the remedial class of a very state ordinary junior school in west London.
And I went on to go to Cambridge. I was just (a) young in my year, and (b) a late developer.
Although I went through Grammar School, one of the things that put me off the whole selection at 11 process was seeing who passed and failed. Some who passed were complete dead wood whilst some really bright kids failed. And the appeals process was virtually pointless.
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Rats and sinking ships spring to mind