Appeal against non qualification in South Bucks
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:55 am
This is my first post, so sorry if I ramble on a little.
Firstly congratulations to everyone who has been able to secure a place at their school of choice.
My son achieved a poor score of 101 in his 11+ (109 verbal,107 maths, 71 Non verbal), I know him, he is a clever boy but the result was not entirely unexpected. My son doesn't react well to pressure and was extremely nervous on the run up to the 11+, whenever we put him in a test situation he would panic, yet be perfectly capable of answering the same question during practice. Knowing it was a long shot we asked for a review. My son had a score of 2,2 from the school, a strong recommendation from the HT, 2 5Bs and a 4A for his KS2 SATs. We also asked the review panel to take into consideration his extreme anxiety which also caused him to misalign his answers for part of a section. At the end of October we received my son’s CAT results which averaged 121 and 5Bs for all subjects. Unfortunately these arrived too late to be submitted to the review panel.
We were given SAT scores at the end of year 5 and then received these at the beginning of year 6, can anyone tell me why I received 2 sets in such a short space of time?
Unsurprisingly we were unsuccessful in the review and were told it was for academic reasons with the misalignment of answers not being of significance (probably true but there was no reference to the affect on the overall result).
No reference was made to his nerves by the review panel but to me this is an extenuating circumstance (I know I am biased), its just that how do you prove it given the argument that being nervous is normal. However nerves don't usually result in a child who is in line to achieve 5Bs with a CAT score of 121 scoring 101 in his 11+.
We are unsure what to do now, my son’s CAT scores show him to be in the top 10 percent and therefore in my view suitably academic. Am I correct in this assertion?
Can anyone give me pointers on how to proceed at appeal or whether I should bother?
I’d appreciate any advice or help. Thanks
Firstly congratulations to everyone who has been able to secure a place at their school of choice.
My son achieved a poor score of 101 in his 11+ (109 verbal,107 maths, 71 Non verbal), I know him, he is a clever boy but the result was not entirely unexpected. My son doesn't react well to pressure and was extremely nervous on the run up to the 11+, whenever we put him in a test situation he would panic, yet be perfectly capable of answering the same question during practice. Knowing it was a long shot we asked for a review. My son had a score of 2,2 from the school, a strong recommendation from the HT, 2 5Bs and a 4A for his KS2 SATs. We also asked the review panel to take into consideration his extreme anxiety which also caused him to misalign his answers for part of a section. At the end of October we received my son’s CAT results which averaged 121 and 5Bs for all subjects. Unfortunately these arrived too late to be submitted to the review panel.
We were given SAT scores at the end of year 5 and then received these at the beginning of year 6, can anyone tell me why I received 2 sets in such a short space of time?
Unsurprisingly we were unsuccessful in the review and were told it was for academic reasons with the misalignment of answers not being of significance (probably true but there was no reference to the affect on the overall result).
No reference was made to his nerves by the review panel but to me this is an extenuating circumstance (I know I am biased), its just that how do you prove it given the argument that being nervous is normal. However nerves don't usually result in a child who is in line to achieve 5Bs with a CAT score of 121 scoring 101 in his 11+.
We are unsure what to do now, my son’s CAT scores show him to be in the top 10 percent and therefore in my view suitably academic. Am I correct in this assertion?
Can anyone give me pointers on how to proceed at appeal or whether I should bother?
I’d appreciate any advice or help. Thanks