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Not sure it will greatly impact the number of applicants to the KE independent schools. Even the offer of an AP is too great a stretch for a lot of people - many don’t have a spare £4 - £8k a year lying around. We didn’t even bother sitting the test as we could not stretch to that every year for 5 years so there was no point putting DS through it.ForwardThinker4 wrote:Any thoughts on what kind of impact this could have on the two KE independent schools? As they are not based on catchment and outperform all of the grammars, are we now going to see a huge increase in applications? Yes there are fees, but I’m sure many will hope for assisted places.
Do the proposed catchments also not somewhat defeat one of the key benefits that prep schools like the Blue Coat School and Hallfield had to offer, in that they had such high rates of pupils gaining entry to the KE grammars through 11+ coaching? With places being restricted due to catchment areas, it will impact how many prep school students receive places.
Sportdad, have you ever visited the GS in Birmingham? Do they lack diversity in your opinion?Sportdad wrote:Personally I would like to see greater social mobility, and the proposed changes help achieve that objective. We need more DIVERSITY in grammar schools .
Furthermore, Birmingham schools should be for those families who pay Birmingham council tax. End of.
(* emboldened by me)ForwardThinker4 wrote:Any thoughts on what kind of impact this could have on the two KE independent schools? As they are not based on catchment and outperform all of the grammars.
How are the schools funded?Sportdad wrote: Furthermore, Birmingham schools should be for those families who pay Birmingham council tax. End of.
JaneEyre wrote:(* emboldened by me)ForwardThinker4 wrote:Any thoughts on what kind of impact this could have on the two KE independent schools? As they are not based on catchment and outperform all of the grammars.
Lets figures speak (and I have to mentioned that the cohort at CHB in 2017-2018 was not a strong one compared to other years).
GCSE RESULTS 2018........................ Comparing % of A*/9/8 at KES and CHB
............................................KES........................CHB
English Language................. 27.7 ....................... 43.6
English literature....................43.5 ....................... 51.1
French ................................ 40.6 .......................59.2
German ................................37.0 ....................... 52.7
Geography............................ 85.7 ........................60.6
History..................................62.1 ........................73.9
Religious studies ....................98.1.........................90.3
Biology ................................75.4 ........................77.4
Chemistry..............................76.2 ........................77.4
Physics ................................. 80.5 .......................81.7
Mathematics ......................... 86.3 ........................87.2
Art and design....................... 36.8.........................50.0
Music ....................................54.2 .......................76.9
I let you do the comparison for the girls schools, KES ad CHG.
Hence why I am strongly in opposition to the idea of catchment areas in Birmingham.
PS: I am in a hurry as I have to drive my DS to the cinema.... No time to straighten the columns...My apologies...
You have posted something before I have the time to correct something wrongly typed as my finger must have slipped as I haven't typed KHES when I meant to do that. Amendment done above.ForwardThinker4 wrote:JaneEyre wrote:(* emboldened by me)ForwardThinker4 wrote:Any thoughts on what kind of impact this could have on the two KE independent schools? As they are not based on catchment and outperform all of the grammars.
Lets figures speak (and I have to mentioned that the cohort at CHB in 2017-2018 was not a strong one compared to other years).
GCSE RESULTS 2018........................ Comparing % of A*/9/8 at KES and CHB
............................................KES........................CHB
English Language................. 27.7 ....................... 43.6
English literature....................43.5 ....................... 51.1
French ................................ 40.6 .......................59.2
German ................................37.0 ....................... 52.7
Geography............................ 85.7 ........................60.6
History..................................62.1 ........................73.9
Religious studies ....................98.1.........................90.3
Biology ................................75.4 ........................77.4
Chemistry..............................76.2 ........................77.4
Physics ................................. 80.5 .......................81.7
Mathematics ......................... 86.3 ........................87.2
Art and design....................... 36.8.........................50.0
Music ....................................54.2 .......................76.9
I let you do the comparison for the girls schools, KES ad CHG.
amendment: I let you do the comparison for the girls schools, KHES and CHG.
Hence why I am strongly in opposition to the idea of catchment areas in Birmingham.
PS: I am in a hurry as I have to drive my DS to the cinema.... No time to straighten the columns...My apologies...
Not to go off topic but I was going off The Times Parent Power which stated the following:
2017/2018 A Level % A*- B
KES - 94.7%
KEVHS - 89.4%
CHB - 88.3%
CHG 86.2%
2017/2018 GCSE % A*/A/9/8/7
KES - 90.4%
KEVHS - 97.7%
CHB - 87.8%
CHG - 85.2%
