Appeals & SEN
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Villagedad
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Appeals & SEN
Hi all
A quick question to clarify appeals and SEN conditions diagnosed following the 11-plus.
If following a marginal fail on the 11-plus, a SEN condition was diagnosed, e.g. dyslexia, would this have any material bearing on the outcome of an appeal?
Many thanks for your feedback
Villagedad
A quick question to clarify appeals and SEN conditions diagnosed following the 11-plus.
If following a marginal fail on the 11-plus, a SEN condition was diagnosed, e.g. dyslexia, would this have any material bearing on the outcome of an appeal?
Many thanks for your feedback
Villagedad
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Sally-Anne
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Re: Appeals & SEN
It depends on how the SEN can be demonstrated to have affected the child in the particular paper.
For example, a dyspraxic child with poor fine motor skills might have difficulty marking a multiple choice answer sheet rapidly and accurately. A dyslexic child might have made errors on all the letter code questions (for VR) because they transposed the letters mentally when marking the answer sheet.
A diagnosis in itself doesn't help. What might help is if it can be shown to have disadvantaged them in that particular test.
For example, a dyspraxic child with poor fine motor skills might have difficulty marking a multiple choice answer sheet rapidly and accurately. A dyslexic child might have made errors on all the letter code questions (for VR) because they transposed the letters mentally when marking the answer sheet.
A diagnosis in itself doesn't help. What might help is if it can be shown to have disadvantaged them in that particular test.
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monstermum
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Re: Appeals & SEN
VillageDad as your DS missed out narrowly on maths maybe dyscalculia would be more relevant?
