JHGS 2021 Admission Consultation
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 6:53 pm
I have just received this document and found one part "odd". It seems to say that Selection Review has to be undertaken before an appeal... or am I misreading it? The part that didn't quite fit with all the advice on here is:
"Parents of any boy who does not achieve the qualifying score of 121 may apply for a Selection Review if they believe that their son would have met the qualifying score but for particular circumstances regarding their participation in the selection testing process. The Selection Review will be carried out by a panel comprising serving Secondary and Primary Headteachers, supported by a clerk. The Panel will consider each written application received and, where appropriate, will obtain advice from an Educational Psychologist prior to making a decision. The Selection Review process will take place before places are allocated and children who are deemed qualified by the panel will be eligible for admission to any of the Buckinghamshire grammar schools. After places have been allocated, parents will be entitled to make representations to an Independent Appeal Panel if their son has been refused admission because the school is full. John Hampden Grammar School has contracted Buckinghamshire County Council to manage appeals on the school’s behalf.(An Independent Appeal Panel hearing will not ordinarily carry out a full review of a pupil’s capacity to qualify in the Secondary Transfer Test as that process should have taken place at the Selection Review.)"
ETA: I am asking the question as if this doesn't sound right, I would like to respond to the consultation. Many thanks
"Parents of any boy who does not achieve the qualifying score of 121 may apply for a Selection Review if they believe that their son would have met the qualifying score but for particular circumstances regarding their participation in the selection testing process. The Selection Review will be carried out by a panel comprising serving Secondary and Primary Headteachers, supported by a clerk. The Panel will consider each written application received and, where appropriate, will obtain advice from an Educational Psychologist prior to making a decision. The Selection Review process will take place before places are allocated and children who are deemed qualified by the panel will be eligible for admission to any of the Buckinghamshire grammar schools. After places have been allocated, parents will be entitled to make representations to an Independent Appeal Panel if their son has been refused admission because the school is full. John Hampden Grammar School has contracted Buckinghamshire County Council to manage appeals on the school’s behalf.(An Independent Appeal Panel hearing will not ordinarily carry out a full review of a pupil’s capacity to qualify in the Secondary Transfer Test as that process should have taken place at the Selection Review.)"
ETA: I am asking the question as if this doesn't sound right, I would like to respond to the consultation. Many thanks