Year 5 parents applying to Queens' under sibling or distance
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:39 pm
Just a note to the parents of current Year 5 pupils who will be applying to Queens' under the sibling or distance rules in the Autumn, you will need to register (before Friday 15th June) to sit the SW Consortium academic test.
This is because Queens' require ALL applicants to sit the academic test regardless of the rule under which they apply.
The SW Consortium and Queens' websites state the following:
Because Queens’ School uses the information from the admission tests in order to group the new intake appropriately, it is necessary for all potential applicants to Queens’ to sit the tests, including those intending to apply as siblings of a present pupil of the school. This is not done to determine whether they will be offered a place as this is guaranteed under the sibling rule. This applies only to applicants for places at Queens’ School.
I am not sure how well known this rule is known (not a problem when you applied to the school first before sitting the test as this prompted inclusion in the academic testing).
BBF
This is because Queens' require ALL applicants to sit the academic test regardless of the rule under which they apply.
The SW Consortium and Queens' websites state the following:
Because Queens’ School uses the information from the admission tests in order to group the new intake appropriately, it is necessary for all potential applicants to Queens’ to sit the tests, including those intending to apply as siblings of a present pupil of the school. This is not done to determine whether they will be offered a place as this is guaranteed under the sibling rule. This applies only to applicants for places at Queens’ School.
I am not sure how well known this rule is known (not a problem when you applied to the school first before sitting the test as this prompted inclusion in the academic testing).
BBF