11 Plus Exams Forum

Hello, can anyone help me understand what's going on with CCHS i/c waiting list. My daughter scored 106.80 and started at 8th position (i/c) on March 15th and moved to 5th position by March 29th. She is still 5th. However the collated cut-offs above show that the person who started at 4th position (i/c) on March 15th was offered a place on April 23rd. So my daughter should be 4th position now. Sad as this is, I do a quick check every day so I would have noticed if someone had moved onto the i/c list and bumped us up one (apart from the very rare scenario that someone moves onto the i/c list on the same day that some accepts a place). I don't know what to think...

Its all gone quiet now
No further movement on the waiting lists for boys
Was told all places have now been filled
6th on waiting list for SHSB and not sure what the chances are now
Still hoping for a miracle

Positivemother wrote:Its all gone quiet now
No further movement on the waiting lists for boys
Was told all places have now been filled
6th on waiting list for SHSB and not sure what the chances are now
Still hoping for a miracle

All places have been filled that's how DCs are put in the waiting list. Nothing unusual about it. It is only May and in my view there are very good chances that your DS will get a place around induction day if not before that.

Thank you dk2011 for the encouraging words.

Positivemother wrote:Thank you dk2011 for the encouraging words.

you're welcome. Last year , my DD was in similar situation and finally she had got offer from 4 Grammar Schools. Obviously , these are worrying moments and it will continue to trouble unless a place is confirmed. Last year at SHSG 9-10 places were offered after the start of the school in September. So, there is a lot of time and I am confident that waiting list up to 10 will be able to get a place before or just after start of the School. All the very best to you and others who are on the waiting list.

Positivemother wrote:Its all gone quiet now
No further movement on the waiting lists for boys
Was told all places have now been filled
6th on waiting list for SHSB and not sure what the chances are now
Still hoping for a miracle

Hi, just want to say you are not alone. We are in a similar position, DD started with 12th on WL, and she is now 6th, movement seems to have stopped since early April. I tried not to ring the Southend office too often.

SHSB waiting list is moving...


CEM exam:

CCHS
i/c 109.85 offered
i/c 107.... offered
i/c 107.33 not offered (1st on the w/l- place offered 19.3.18)
i/c 107.16 not offered (4th on w/l- place offered 23.4.18)
i/c 106.96 not offered (7th on w/l)
i/c 106.80 not offered (8th on the w/l)
i/c 106.50 not offered
i/c 106.45 not offered (12th on w/l)

o/c 117.89 offered
o/c 117.53 not offered (2nd on w/l- place offered 23.3.18)

CSSE exams:

KEGS
i/c 345.13 offered
i/c 337.682 not offered (1st on w/l)
i/c 334.51 not offered (9th on w/l)
i/c 332.75 not offered

o/c 365.256 offered
o/c 360.?? offered
o/c 357.43 not offered
o/c 356.91 not offered (17th on w/l)
o/c 352.89 not offered (29th on w/l)

ColCHS
330.50 offered
329.075 not offered (3rd on w/l, place offered 21.3.18)
328.751 not offered (8th on w/l, place offered 29.3.18)
328 not offered (10th on w/l, place offered 26.4.18)

CRGS
336 offered
334.8 not offered (4th on w/l, place offered 26.4.18)
334.51 not offered (6th on w/l)
332.75 not offered
326.74 not offered (45th on w/l)
324.74 not offered (57th on w/l)

WHSG
i/c 303 offered

o/c 346 offered
o/c 336.839 not offered (3rd on w/l- offered 28.3.18)
o/c 335 not offered (12th on w/l)
o/c 331.66 not offered (30th on w/l)

WHSB
i/c 303 offered

o/c 337.682 offered
Cut off confirmed by CSSE office as 335
o/c 334.8 not offered (4th on w/l- place offered 28.3.18)
o/c 334.5* not offered (place offered 28.3.18)
o/c 334.51 not offered (8th on w/l- place offered 28.3.18)
o/c 334.19 not offered (9th on w/l -place offered 29.3.18)
o/c 332.75 not offered
o/c 329.09 not offered
o/c 326.74 not offered (81st on w/l)

SHSG
i/c 303

o/c 329.654 offered
o/c 329.011 not offered (7th on w/l- offered 12.4.18)
o/c 328.751 not offered (offered 18.4.18)

SHSB
i/c offered

o/c 330.236 offered
Cut off confirmed by CSSE office as 330
o/c 329.59 not offered (6th on the w/l, place offered 3.5.18)
o/c 329.39 not offered (8th on the w/l, place offered 25.5.18)
o/c 329.09 not offered
o/c 326.74 not offered (33rd on w/l)

Thank you to all those who have posted scores. Do post waiting list positions etc. when they are released. It really does help everyone to see where the cut-offs are (and also identify any admission mistakes).

Do keep posting scores, especially borderline ones (pm me if you would rather do this anonymously). I will try to update regularly.

Thanks Blitz

Comparing subject scores in 2012-2018 entry

This might be of interest to those preparing children for the 2019 entry exam using historical CSSE papers.Maths mean =

English (% since from 2012 to 2014, the paper was marked out of 50, but from 2015 out of 60)
____________________ 2012 ____ 2013 ___ 2014 ____ 2015 ____2016 ____ 2017 ____2018
mean ________________46.0____ 37.4____ 49.3_____ 55.3 ____ 50.8 ___ 47.2 ____ 67.1
standard deviation ____ 13.8____ 14.2____ 13.8_____ 14.4 ____ 9.2 _____8.1_____ 8.7



Mathematics (% since from 2012 to 2014, the paper was marked out of 40, but from 2015 out of 60)
____________________ 2012 ____ 2013 ___ 2014 ____ 2015 ____2016 ____2017_____2018
mean ________________ 54.1____ 54.6____ 52.1_____ 63.9 ____ 59.9 ____58.3_____54.1
standard deviation _____ 20.4____ 17.7 ____ 20.5 ___ 17.8 _____12.8 ____ 12.0 ____ 11.2

Call me an idiot but some of these mean scores look really odd don't they? If the marking system is out of 60, how is the mean in some years higher than this? Even the 59.9 as a mean out of 60 is really high.

Admittedly I don't think I fully understand the standardisation calculation but I think mean is fairly straightforward.

Am I missing something?

AJC wrote:Call me an idiot but some of these mean scores look really odd don't they? If the marking system is out of 60, how is the mean in some years higher than this? Even the 59.9 as a mean out of 60 is really high.

Admittedly I don't think I fully understand the standardisation calculation but I think mean is fairly straightforward.

Am I missing something?

Yes, you have missed something - because the raw scores were out of 50 for English and 40 for Maths prior to 2015 entry (actually, 38 for Maths for 2008 entry, can't remember whether there were only 38 questions on the paper or whether the CSSE had to discount two for some reason) they have been converted to percentages for all years quoted .

Aha! It all becomes clear! Thanks so much. I thought I was going mad! I'm sure it probably said that somewhere but thanks for posting!