[HPFGU-Movie] GCSEs and A Levels/Dan, Emma, and Rupert's future

[GulPlum]

At 20:05 12/03/03 , Susanne wrote:

>Aren't they all three different ages, with Rupert the oldest
>and Emma the youngest?
>
>Wouldn't Rupert have already taken this [GCSEs]?
>
>Or does the cutoff date come in for that?
>I have to admit to not knowing their birth dates.

A few provisos...
Not *all* schools in England use 1st September as a cut-off date. As a 
matter of law, the entire education system uses 1st September-31st August 
as the school year, but perhaps paradoxically, schools are not required to 
use that as a basis for admissions policy. Nevertheless, the vast majority 
of schools do, simply because it makes life a LOT easier. The majority of 
(the few) schools which depart from the 1st September cut-off date rule are 
private ones.

Emma attends a private school. Her mother is a very high-flying lawyer (I 
know her P.A.) :-) Dan attends a private school. I don't know what the case 
is with Rupert, but apparently his parents aren't exactly "poor".

As a result, it's possible that they aren't in the classes in which they'd 
be with the general population, but assuming that they *are* (there is 
little reason to assume otherwise):

Rupert was born in August 1988, Dan in July 1989 and Emma in April 1990, so 
assuming all other things are equal:

Rupert should currently be in year 10 (I think he confirmed this during the 
Oprah interview when CoS came out; I certainly recall one US interview 
during which he was trying to work out the equivalent US grade), so he 
should be doing his GCSEs next school year, and sitting the exams in June 
2004. As a result, he probably won't be on the move much for PoA movie 
publicity.

Dan should currently be in Year 9. He changed schools in September 2002 
which would give credence to that (unlike state schools, which have a 
changeover at age 11 or after Year Six, most private schools have a 
changeover at age 13 or after Year Eight). He won't be doing his GCSEs 
until June 2005. As I have maintained for the last year, I fully expect his 
parents to refuse to allow him to be involved in any kind of film work for 
the whole of that school year (September 2004-June 2005).

Emma should be in year 8 (I must ask my friend; well actually she's the 
wife of a close friend, so technically she is a friend) :-) and thus GCSEs 
are a fair bit in her future.

--
GulPlum AKA Richard, who wonders if anyone here read his mega-post on the 
main HPFGU list about UK exams a couple of nights ago...