Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools

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kumarsAt42
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Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools

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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?
ToadMum
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Re: Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools

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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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Dadybear
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Always distance if scores are tied & no you can't move house to get in :lol:
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Post by nervousmom »

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?
Distance is the only deciding factor if a number of children are on the same score.
mike1880
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It's illegal to have age as a criterion.
HappyRobot
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Re: Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools

Post by HappyRobot »

Yup head of camp hill said distance to me too. Guess it needs to be at time of taking the exam?
booellesmum
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Re: Scores Tied - Whats the priority order for KE schools

Post by booellesmum »

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.
Kismet2016
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Post by Kismet2016 »

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.
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