Why a girls’ grammar school might be the best choice for a boy
It’s been over a year since my son left the girls’ grammar school where he had studied for two years. He walked in there with…
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The A Level mock results
My son changed schools for 6th form because he wanted to better himself. I was very proud of him for doing that. He could have…
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Happy birthday, 17 year old boy!
Seventeen years ago, a tiny baby boy popped into the world (‘popped’ after a very long labour). He was my first baby and suddenly I…
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The final school football match of the season
Just two months after the first school football match, my son’s first season of secondary school football is over. After that first loss, there was…
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The GCSE options
The time has come for my younger son to take his GCSE options. Since my eldest did his options three years ago, a lot has…
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First school football match
At my son’s school, they don’t start playing football until Year 9. I don’t know if that’s something unique to his school, to grammar schools…
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Starting to shine again
My younger son is a highly intelligent boy. He goes to a very selective grammar school, full of highly intelligent boys and girls. Yet, for…
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2017 – That was the year that was
2017 has been another busy year in the MumofThree World household. Isn’t every year busy with kids? This year has seen my eldest sit his…
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The new school: Panto panic
A year ago, I was telling everyone that my daughter DEFINITELY wouldn’t do panto this year. We love panto, but she’d be in Year 7…
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The new school: The rugby team
Team sport can be tough if you’re not one of the good ones. The chosen few. The A team. That’s the way it has always…
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The new school: Catty behaviour
Everybody says it. Girls are catty. Girls are nasty. But I’d never seen it myself. I know some girls struggle with other girls being nasty…
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The German exchange
When he started at his grammar school two years ago, my younger son’s favourite subject was German. So he went on the school trip to…
