Pass mark 2019

[lapindebois]

It's totally up to the Heads who to appeal for. But they know very well that the panel is only likely to uphold those where the scores were very close (like one or two marks on one paper) AND there is very good evidence in the child's books of their generally high standard of work OR there was a really compelling personal reason why the child underperformed. They're also particularly encouraged to appeal for underprivileged kids. Of course, prep schools with all their resources tend to chuck loads of appeals in...

[NDPM]

How do they decide which children to appeal for? Can the head teacher ask for any child who didn’t pass to be looked at or is it children who get over a certain mark, for example? X

It's at the HT's discretion (ranging from external circumstances, pupil premium, SEN, to academic abilities).

Below is copied from another thread:
"The HT prepares a short form, outlining reasons that they feel the pupil would be suitable for a grammar place, includes latest levels of CAT tests etc if helpful, and a character recommendation of the child's suitability. They may submit books or work as evidence (hence text books missing for a few days). My kids' former tutor was on the local appeals panel for years, by coincidence (although he didn't assess mine). They work in small groups of experienced senior teachers. He told me they are thorough but pretty fast. Often, they don't even read the HT forms or open the books - if the kids marks are very close to the pass mark, they just sign it off straight away.
Where there is more doubt or scores are a bit lower, they open the books and sit around talking about them. He said that after years of teaching and assessing, they can usually get a decent feel for the ability of a child from looking thru work books. They look at what levels the child is working at".

The panel also uses the creative writing piece of the test to make their judgement.

[BMF]

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[redbear444]

Hi BMF, are Skinners definitely referring to the pass mark/threshold for this year or are they referring to their own admissions criteria (which they set at 360 and then 330, depending on allocations)?

[BMF]

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[redbear444]

Crikey. That is quite an increase. Thanks so much for posting.