How many took the exam this year
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How many took the exam this year
Hi,
There is a talk that this year 11+ registration numbers are higher than any others years? Is this correct ??
Meeraa
There is a talk that this year 11+ registration numbers are higher than any others years? Is this correct ??
Meeraa
Re: How many took the exam this year
funny, I heard the opposite from my HT
Interesting to find out which is right..
Interesting to find out which is right..
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Re: How many took the exam this year
This comes up around this time every year as part of the annual cycle of anxiety!
"Now the results are out of the way, what else can we find to worry about until March 1st? Aha! What if there were more children taking the test this year? That would mean my child has less chance of getting a place ... "
These are figures that I posted last year in answer to roughly the same question:
http://www.elevenplusexams.co.uk/forum/ ... 1&start=10" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Once the turkey, tree and cards are safely sorted I will try to dig out some more detailed numbers for past years and post them on the "Myths & Legends" Sticky.
"Now the results are out of the way, what else can we find to worry about until March 1st? Aha! What if there were more children taking the test this year? That would mean my child has less chance of getting a place ... "
These are figures that I posted last year in answer to roughly the same question:
http://www.elevenplusexams.co.uk/forum/ ... 1&start=10" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Once the turkey, tree and cards are safely sorted I will try to dig out some more detailed numbers for past years and post them on the "Myths & Legends" Sticky.
Re: How many took the exam this year
Yes.. what do we do now???
We need to come up with more questions
I guess how many took each year will not vary that much... even though people talk about 2000 is the baby boom year!!!
We need to come up with more questions
I guess how many took each year will not vary that much... even though people talk about 2000 is the baby boom year!!!
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Re: How many took the exam this year
http://www.elevenplusexams.co.uk/forum/ ... 13&start=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;monsoon wrote:people talk about 2000 is the baby boom year!!!
As hermanmunster puts it so succinctly, the Millennium baby boom was an illusion.
Next question, drummer?
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Re: How many took the exam this year
Was the test easier this year? If it was does it mean that more will pass and my DC will have to compete with more children for the same number of places?Sally-Anne wrote: Next question,
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Re: How many took the exam this year
I think they set the passmark to ensure the right percentage of children pass. Although the magic mark is 121 this is a standardised score so they can ensure with standardisation that the right amount of children achieve the cut off mark.
The one thing they can't allow for is where in Buckinghamshire these children reside, therefore some schools can be heavily oversubscribed. However, I guess Bucks parents know there children will get into a Grammar school in Buckinghamshire, it just might not be their preferred one.
The one thing they can't allow for is where in Buckinghamshire these children reside, therefore some schools can be heavily oversubscribed. However, I guess Bucks parents know there children will get into a Grammar school in Buckinghamshire, it just might not be their preferred one.
Re: How many took the exam this year
I saw a reported figure a few days ago (in one of the local papers I think) which cited the total figures and the Bucks, OOC split. The total was within ca. 20 of last year's total with the OOC total up by ca 200.