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daughter was unwell during the exam times. We visited the GP for it, she was down with viral infection. Does this add any value to the extenuating circumstance?
You may as well provide the evidence of illness - but as anotherdad points out - if you sent her in for the test, you were in effect saying she was fit to take the test. That is how it will be viewed.
I really do not wish to add the medical record as a major evidence, this will be just an addition. Maybe as a last point. Because flu is not an extenuating situation...it was mainly fatigue.Quote:
Secondly, I have reports of Year 5 with me but do we need more from the years before?
Difficult to say whether they would add value to your case. Did the school follow the English curriculum? Will there be 'hard data' that the panel can understand?
She did learn in an English school, in a very high academic school in India, but again these schools are not globally recognized. All reports are in English, I will add it to my case. Please advise if u feel otherwise. Quote:
clarification on whether mentioning about her missing a year
It's certainly worth a mention, but what really matters is (a) whether she was making excellent progress beforehand, and (b) whether she is overcoming the difficulties and making rapid progress now.
The problem with (a), if it was an Indian curriculum, is that the panel will have no idea whether standards are comparable.
The problem with (b) is that the panel would expect to see Key Stage 2 predictions of 111-120 and "Greater Depth", but the independent school probably has a different system of assessment, and it sounds as if they might not be particularly co-operative.
My daughter has rapidly progressed, in fact she was moved from a lower group in Maths to the highest group. She was given a cape recognizing her effort to make it to the higher position. And Year 5 she has consistently risen in her grades.
Only setback is, assessment in her school is in terms of exceeds expectations, expected and emergent levels. So as pointed out in your site about panel not able to decipher how far the child is above expectations. Have you finished reading the Q&As?
https://www.elevenplusexams.co.uk/appea ... cation#b19I have read the Q&A topic #B19. Firstly, there is no concept of grammar or 11+ in India. So the entire process we went through was new for us. Secondly, reading and writing was present in India too, but the finesse and content of reading has massively improved for my daughter after coming here. She is a voracious reader, but expecting a 2+ years reading ability...not sure if she is there yet. An educational psychologist's report might
possibly have been helpful in this situation - depending on the results - but I'm not sure you could get one in time for a review.
I will try my best to get an educational psychologists review, would an independent person's review help too? I know there is some help provided in Bucks site, but going through that channel may not be possible within the time frame. So can I use a private one? The best part of your case that I've seen so far is that there was a score of 120!
