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Guest55
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Admissions 2009

Post by Guest55 »

http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/content/i ... =987793428


New booklet ready and on-line.

Sally-Anne I shall not be offended if you merge this with your 'sticky' above :lol:
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Post by Sally-Anne »

Thank you Guest55. :D

It is now on the Admissions 2009 Sticky.
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Post by andyb »

This links to the brochure for September '08 to August '09 entry - current year 6's. I can't see the brochure for September '09 - current year 5's. :?
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Post by Guest55 »

They've taken the new one down ....
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Post by Sally-Anne »

That seems to happen fairly frequently at Bucks - a new item gets put up, only to disappear 24 hours later. :?

They usually reappear within a few days ...
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Post by pippi »

The new 2009-10 Parents Guide has been reposted on the site given above...

Among other things, it seems they have (finally!) removed the claim "research has shown that extra familiarisation or coaching makes only a slight (if any) difference to the final score" - see p23 & p24.
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Post by Guest55 »

Yes well spotted and they link to this:

http://www.nfer.ac.uk/research-areas/as ... aching.cfm


Very interesting :lol:
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Post by pippi »

I agree - seems like quite an important change. Someone also found a direct link to the more recent research, posted #2 on the old thread; http://www.elevenplusexams.co.uk/forum/ ... php?t=6965.
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Post by Dad40 »

Question is: if Bucks CC did "confess" to a need for more coaching (say 30 hours), would they be able to make Bucks schools put aside the time to do it?
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Post by pippi »

I think it's nFER who've done the confessing on this - Bucks only follow their guidance, and seem to have acted very quickly.

I can't see them introducing 30 hours VR coaching in schools.
(By the way, when Bucks say VR is the best measure of future perfomance, I think they mean best single measure).
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