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jabba7
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Re: 8 Days.. Countdown begins /nerves kick in..Bucks results

Post by jabba7 »

Hi

Feeling very nervous for Friday.

Please can some year 7 parents let us know what to expect in the letter. Is the envelope thicker if it has review paperwork? Sorry just I will get the letter after school and good to know what to expect.

Thanks everyone :D
kittymum
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Re: 8 Days.. Countdown begins /nerves kick in..Bucks results

Post by kittymum »

jabba7 wrote:Hi

Feeling very nervous for Friday.

Please can some year 7 parents let us know what to expect in the letter. Is the envelope thicker if it has review paperwork? Sorry just I will get the letter after school and good to know what to expect.

Thanks everyone :D
DS qualified - The letter came home from school in an envelope. One piece of paper - lots of writing - individual scores for verbal, NVR and numerical plus overall STTS score and a bit of blurb saying as **** score is over 121 we will consider your applications for grammar schools.
hasmum
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Re: 8 Days.. Countdown begins /nerves kick in..Bucks results

Post by hasmum »

Hi,
I'm sure there are posts regarding this but just a quick question, is the result the average of both papers or do they still have to pass one out of two like before?

Thanks
hasmum
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Re: 8 Days.. Countdown begins /nerves kick in..Bucks results

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Sorry cross post with kittymum, so is this total for both papers (ie VR, NVR, NR) and an average obtained from them.
kittymum
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Re: 8 Days.. Countdown begins /nerves kick in..Bucks results

Post by kittymum »

hasmum wrote:Sorry croSs post with kittymum, so is this total for both papers (ie VR, NVR, NR) and an average obtained from them.
No average no.

VR - 50% so total score x .5
NVR - 20% so total score x .2
numerical - 30% so total score x .3

STTS = sum of 3 scores.

Essentially think of it as 1 paper they sit with a break in the middle
southbucks3
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Re: 8 Days.. Countdown begins /nerves kick in..Bucks results

Post by southbucks3 »

Jabba
Son number two had a big bulging envelope and his low score was written on blue paper. :?
NOT! They are all the same, if you choose to review you send off for a set of forms.

Now stop worrying and whittling or I will personally cone round and slap your legs. :lol:

Go and do some retail therapy....it's Italian week at lidls from Thursday....yum!

Hasmun
Read the parent information on the bucks county council web site it explains all about the 20/30/50 breakdown there.
hasmum
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Re: 8 Days.. Countdown begins /nerves kick in..Bucks results

Post by hasmum »

Thanks kittymum.
abc72
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Re: 8 Days.. Countdown begins /nerves kick in..Bucks results

Post by abc72 »

So they do give the total score as STTS?

May be a silly question - What does STTS stand for - is it Standardised Score? Why 2 T's?

Another jargon commonly used is CAF for filling the form - what is this called?

Just getting my head around all these Abbreviations that I am not familiar with.
kittymum
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Re: 8 Days.. Countdown begins /nerves kick in..Bucks results

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abc72 wrote:So they do give the total score as STTS?

May be a silly question - What does STTS stand for - is it Standardised Score? Why 2 T's?

Another jargon commonly used is CAF for filling the form - what is this called?

Just getting my head around all these Abbreviations that I am not familiar with.
STTS = secondary transfer test score - Bucks always refers to 11+ as secondary transfer test
abc72
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Re: 8 Days.. Countdown begins /nerves kick in..Bucks results

Post by abc72 »

Thank you very much kittymum, that makes more sense now.

Anyone knows what CAF mean?
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