Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools
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Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools
Hi,
Does anyone know, if anyone got their seat based on tied score for previous years, if so, whats the criteria applied or which order?
- Distance
- Sibling
- Age
- any other?
Does anyone know, if anyone got their seat based on tied score for previous years, if so, whats the criteria applied or which order?
- Distance
- Sibling
- Age
- any other?
Re: Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools
The oversubscription criteria will be on the school's website - because I'm just plain nosey, I had a look at KEA, for which the (only) tie-breaker is straight-line distance.
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Re: Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools
Always distance if scores are tied & no you can't move house to get in
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Re: Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools
Distance is the only deciding factor if a number of children are on the same score.kumarsAt42 wrote:Hi,
Does anyone know, if anyone got their seat based on tied score for previous years, if so, whats the criteria applied or which order?
- Distance
- Sibling
- Age
- any other?
Re: Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools
It's illegal to have age as a criterion.
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Re: Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools
Yup head of camp hill said distance to me too. Guess it needs to be at time of taking the exam?
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Re: Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools
Just looked again at scgsg - apparently in their case PP applicants go before distance. I guess this is because don't offer PP places initially.
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Re: Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools
Yes I've heard many times that the tied for bham consortium go by distance! Which I think is fab way of working it out HOWEVER QMGS go by another method which I found totally confusing and unfair to local residents who may not get place with another child with same score even if they live miles away....
The method was explained when I asked: when result are same with other kids, they are re ranked on scores for each of the 4 papers your child done.
E.g
So say paper 1 maths you scored the best score compared to the other kids with same grade as you, you prob given a rank order of 1.
Paper 2- nvr you came 4th 3 got better than you then a given another rank/score
Paper 3- eng you came second and u get another score n rank
Paper 4 - vr you ranked 1st above others u will get a highest score / top rank
Then all these scores r somehow added n you are re ranked, order in highest ranking for each paper on even if orginal score were same
Lost?! Me too.
Shame as my DS scored 309 n I live a mile away! So my son could be on hour journey to bham n another hour journey to Walsall cos of this ridiculous system.
The method was explained when I asked: when result are same with other kids, they are re ranked on scores for each of the 4 papers your child done.
E.g
So say paper 1 maths you scored the best score compared to the other kids with same grade as you, you prob given a rank order of 1.
Paper 2- nvr you came 4th 3 got better than you then a given another rank/score
Paper 3- eng you came second and u get another score n rank
Paper 4 - vr you ranked 1st above others u will get a highest score / top rank
Then all these scores r somehow added n you are re ranked, order in highest ranking for each paper on even if orginal score were same
Lost?! Me too.
Shame as my DS scored 309 n I live a mile away! So my son could be on hour journey to bham n another hour journey to Walsall cos of this ridiculous system.