scary mum wrote:
It seems to be a very low number of successful appeals for those who didn't go for a selection review.
Whereas one assumes the strongest cases will nearly always opt for a review, it's possible that a significant number of cases that went straight to appeal were on the weaker side, and that parents were hoping for more evidence as Y6 progressed.
They would have avoided FCO this way, but - even if successful in appealing against non-qualification - would have had to overcome oversubscription/prejudice.
There may also have been children moving into the area after reviews, whose primary schools were unfamiliar with a selective system and didn't provide the sort of evidence needed for appeal purposes.
rhiane wrote:
..... that to me highlights a flawed review system?
We pose the question in D4 (xi):
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