2nd Practice Test
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2nd Practice Test
At the second practice test last Thursday, the head at Wirral Grammar for girls came in to talk to the parents, and said that the number of girls sitting the test this year at the school was over 130, as opposed to 101 last year. I wonder whether the numbers sitting it in the primary schools will also have risen by this percentage.
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POSSIBLE OVER SUBSCRIPTION??
HI NOTION POTION AND WALLASEY,
YES THIS IS WORRYING,COULD WE BE BOUNCING BACK TO THE DAYS OF OVER SUBSCRIPTION?GLAD I COVERED ALL BASES BY PUTTING A GRAMMAR SCHOOL AS FIRST AND SECOND CHOICE JUST IN CASE WE FELL FOUL OF THE DISTANCE FROM WIRRAL GRAMMAR RULE.
FELT REALLY WIERD DROPPING HER OFF THIS MORNING,GLAD WHEN ITS ALL OVER!! GOOD LUCK TO EVERY CHILD TAKING THIS EXAM TODAY AND NEXT WEEK.
YES THIS IS WORRYING,COULD WE BE BOUNCING BACK TO THE DAYS OF OVER SUBSCRIPTION?GLAD I COVERED ALL BASES BY PUTTING A GRAMMAR SCHOOL AS FIRST AND SECOND CHOICE JUST IN CASE WE FELL FOUL OF THE DISTANCE FROM WIRRAL GRAMMAR RULE.
FELT REALLY WIERD DROPPING HER OFF THIS MORNING,GLAD WHEN ITS ALL OVER!! GOOD LUCK TO EVERY CHILD TAKING THIS EXAM TODAY AND NEXT WEEK.
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oversubscription?
Don't forget the school have been actively encouraging out of area applications because of falling rolls so if you live on the Wirral you will be allocated ahead of these children. Tihs probably accounts for the increase. The extra kids at Wirral will be the out of area ones as they won't be taking it in their primary schools.
Denise
Denise
Denise J
WIRRAL GRAMMAR ALLOCATIONS
HI NOTION POTION,HOPEFUL DEN,WALLASEY AND PRIMARY MUM.
READ PRIMARY MUMS LAST POST AND THOUGHT THATS NOT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT,SO I HAVE JUST CHECKED IT OUT WITH PUPIL SERVICES FOR WIRRAL.
BASICALY OF THOSE PUPILS WHO PASS THE 11+ AND REQUEST A CERTAIN GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN WIRRAL THE SPECIAL CATEGORIES ARE ALLOCATED FIRST I.E. LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN,MEDICAL NEEDS,SIBLINGS ETC.THEN EVERY BODY ELSE IS CONSIDERED ACCORDING TO HOW FAR AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL THEY LIVE.THIS INCLUDES OUT OF AREA CHILDREN AS WELL AS WIRRAL CHILDREN.ALL WIRRAL CHILDREN ARE MOST DEFINATELY NOT ALLOCATED BEFORE OUT OF AREA CHILDREN ARE CONSIDERED.
I HOPE THIS CLEARS UP ANY CONFUSION.
READ PRIMARY MUMS LAST POST AND THOUGHT THATS NOT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT,SO I HAVE JUST CHECKED IT OUT WITH PUPIL SERVICES FOR WIRRAL.
BASICALY OF THOSE PUPILS WHO PASS THE 11+ AND REQUEST A CERTAIN GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN WIRRAL THE SPECIAL CATEGORIES ARE ALLOCATED FIRST I.E. LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN,MEDICAL NEEDS,SIBLINGS ETC.THEN EVERY BODY ELSE IS CONSIDERED ACCORDING TO HOW FAR AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL THEY LIVE.THIS INCLUDES OUT OF AREA CHILDREN AS WELL AS WIRRAL CHILDREN.ALL WIRRAL CHILDREN ARE MOST DEFINATELY NOT ALLOCATED BEFORE OUT OF AREA CHILDREN ARE CONSIDERED.
I HOPE THIS CLEARS UP ANY CONFUSION.