Pressure, What Pressure? Fahad Hussain, Hampton School

It is that time of year again when selective schools have their 11+ entrance examinations. The goal? A place at the high table and a perceived head start in life- a place at a school, be it grammar or private, which people may spend hundreds of thousands of pounds extra buying houses just to be near. It is an incredibly stressful time for all involved. But what does the process feel like for those at the heart of it, the children. Do the feelings of achieving that place justify the stress one ha