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<blockquote data-quote="JonnyP71" data-source="post: 7783932" data-attributes="member: 6788862"><p>We have an exam that many pupils take called 'the 11+'. If you pass this exam you are entitled to go to what is known as a 'grammar' school - many of which are single sex.</p><p></p><p>The most common form of schools we have are the state-run 'comprehensives' and semi-independent 'academies', these are free, with no entrance exam. These are mixed.</p><p></p><p>In addition to the 11+/Grammar school selective system, we have a lot of selective Private schools - most of which also have an entrance exam - parents pay to send their children to these schools, and thus these tend to be the domain of more wealthy families, and lean towards a more strict environment, with a heavy emphasis on academic excellence. These schools are also mostly single sex, though that is changing slowly. I passed the exam for a fairly prestigious Private school, and my parents nearly bankrupted themselves to send me there.</p><p></p><p>My experience in the early 80s with gaming was that D&D appealed much more to the more geeky/intellectually minded - typically the type of child who would attend a Grammar school or Private school. Very few of local kids I knew who went to non-selective state schools had any interest in gaming of any sort, whereas video game chatter - and to a lesser extent RPG chatter - was common amongst those I knew at the Private school I attended (which was a 40 minute train journey from where I lived).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonnyP71, post: 7783932, member: 6788862"] We have an exam that many pupils take called 'the 11+'. If you pass this exam you are entitled to go to what is known as a 'grammar' school - many of which are single sex. The most common form of schools we have are the state-run 'comprehensives' and semi-independent 'academies', these are free, with no entrance exam. These are mixed. In addition to the 11+/Grammar school selective system, we have a lot of selective Private schools - most of which also have an entrance exam - parents pay to send their children to these schools, and thus these tend to be the domain of more wealthy families, and lean towards a more strict environment, with a heavy emphasis on academic excellence. These schools are also mostly single sex, though that is changing slowly. I passed the exam for a fairly prestigious Private school, and my parents nearly bankrupted themselves to send me there. My experience in the early 80s with gaming was that D&D appealed much more to the more geeky/intellectually minded - typically the type of child who would attend a Grammar school or Private school. Very few of local kids I knew who went to non-selective state schools had any interest in gaming of any sort, whereas video game chatter - and to a lesser extent RPG chatter - was common amongst those I knew at the Private school I attended (which was a 40 minute train journey from where I lived). [/QUOTE]
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