Adjudication on Highcrest banding tests

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Re: Adjudication on Highcrest banding tests

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Lillie wrote:It is interesting what they are trying to achieve at Highcrest, but looking at their website, I'm not convinced they offer a real alternative to those children who would qualify for a grammar school, at least in terms of subjects currently available. For example, their modern foreign languages department effectively only offers French, and that only to GCSE.
Perhaps they feel that they will be able to offer a broader curriculum if they have a larger banded intake (would make some sense)?
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Re: Adjudication on Highcrest banding tests

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pippi wrote:Perhaps they feel that they will be able to offer a broader curriculum if they have a larger banded intake (would make some sense)?
Why, pippi?
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