Need advice on appealing Kent test on NVR only
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 12:45 pm
I'm very new to all this and feeling slightly out of my depth! I'd really appreciate some advice from more experienced folk.
In short, my daughter took the Kent test last month and achieved the following scores:
VR-137, Maths-128, NVR-110, Agg.-375
The school have advised that we only need to appeal on NVR and that the only evidence I need to provide is a letter stating her current SATs levels, although I'm concerned about looking complacent and not providing enough!
In addition I feel as though we have extenuating circumstances but don't want to appear as if I'm making excuses.
We only decided to move to Folkestone from the Midlands a few months ago and submitted a casual in year application for entry to yr 7. Unexpectedly we had a call from the school bringing our test date forward, this turned out to be on 16th May, which was the Friday of the SATs week, and giving us only 2 weeks notice to prepare. Although I bitterly regret it now, I agreed.
My daughter was entered for level 6 SATs in all subjects, so had already taken double exams all week. After school Thursday I had to drive her 4 hours to a hotel in order to get her to the test for 9am Friday. Needless to say we were both exhausted! She sat the entire Kent test in the morning with only a 5 min break in between.
I feel awful for putting her through that, although she was more than happy to do it, and really don't want to let her down on appeal day. She was working so hard towards her level 6 I was concerned about putting too much extra pressure on her to prepare for the Kent Test too. She hasn't had any coaching and in effect only spent approx 1.5hrs in the 2 weeks we had looking at NVR style questions.
I have a letter from her current headteacher fully supporting her application and stating that she is consistently working at level 5a in all subjects. Will this be enough?
I'm disinclined to go to appeal making apologies and excuses for my child's poor performance because the truth is I couldn't be more proud of what she achieved on that day given the circumstances, but equally I will humbly do whatever it takes to get the best for her.
If anybody is able to advise on how I should go about proving that my child would ordinarily be competent in NVR it would all be gratefully received!! All the information I can find seems to be geared towards VR & Maths.
Thanks in advance for any help offered and sorry about the waffle!
In short, my daughter took the Kent test last month and achieved the following scores:
VR-137, Maths-128, NVR-110, Agg.-375
The school have advised that we only need to appeal on NVR and that the only evidence I need to provide is a letter stating her current SATs levels, although I'm concerned about looking complacent and not providing enough!
In addition I feel as though we have extenuating circumstances but don't want to appear as if I'm making excuses.
We only decided to move to Folkestone from the Midlands a few months ago and submitted a casual in year application for entry to yr 7. Unexpectedly we had a call from the school bringing our test date forward, this turned out to be on 16th May, which was the Friday of the SATs week, and giving us only 2 weeks notice to prepare. Although I bitterly regret it now, I agreed.
My daughter was entered for level 6 SATs in all subjects, so had already taken double exams all week. After school Thursday I had to drive her 4 hours to a hotel in order to get her to the test for 9am Friday. Needless to say we were both exhausted! She sat the entire Kent test in the morning with only a 5 min break in between.
I feel awful for putting her through that, although she was more than happy to do it, and really don't want to let her down on appeal day. She was working so hard towards her level 6 I was concerned about putting too much extra pressure on her to prepare for the Kent Test too. She hasn't had any coaching and in effect only spent approx 1.5hrs in the 2 weeks we had looking at NVR style questions.
I have a letter from her current headteacher fully supporting her application and stating that she is consistently working at level 5a in all subjects. Will this be enough?
I'm disinclined to go to appeal making apologies and excuses for my child's poor performance because the truth is I couldn't be more proud of what she achieved on that day given the circumstances, but equally I will humbly do whatever it takes to get the best for her.
If anybody is able to advise on how I should go about proving that my child would ordinarily be competent in NVR it would all be gratefully received!! All the information I can find seems to be geared towards VR & Maths.
Thanks in advance for any help offered and sorry about the waffle!