Golgo13 wrote:
Interesting...I wonder if this will result in families moving into the "worst" postcodes for a year or two to take advantage of the system...
That would be an extreme tactic to gain a few points (3.something max it said), but I guess some people are very determined when it comes to grammars! The methodology explains that the deprivation weighting applied to the 2019 cohort would have meant 17 additional boys passing the SET and 2 of those would have gone on to pass 2nd stage. The more significant outcome of the new weighting was to change the rankings in the middle part of the order after the 2nd round. But even then it only increased or decreased the rank by a single 'band' (1 band = 4 points) - no-one shifted 2 bands either way. Once you have been banded, everyone in that same band is ranked on distance not score I think.