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I cannot understand Pira score very much however it appears in this Son appeared to score better
Pira and the transfer test are not standardised in the same way, so it's not possible to say that a standardised score of 139 in Pira is
exactly equivalent to a standardised score of 133 in the transfer test.
A comparison between the scores
does give a rough idea, however. It fits with the other evidence that your son is very strong - definitely grammar school standard - in maths, whereas in English/VR he is above average, but not sufficiently far enough above average to prove grammar school standard.
(GPS and NVR are completely different, so any comparison between these two tests wouldn't mean very much.)
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not sure if they considered this.
When they write "
Test score in line with the academic history" I think they could justifiably claim they are referring both to Pira and also to his attainment in school ("
100-110" rather than "
111-120" - except for maths - and "
has met" rather than "
GDS").
I'm assuming that attainment is years 2-5 was not dissimilar to the July predictions? "
Has met" rather than "
GDS", except for maths?
FCOFor a successful review, I suspect they were looking for predictions of 111-120 in Reading and Maths, and GDS for Writing. In Pira my guess is that any score below 121 would not make a good impression, but I don't know for certain. And that is the issue for FCO. Where are the criteria?
You could try arguing:
My son's average Pira score was 124. What score would the SRP have considered to be grammar school standard? What criteria did they use? Without clear criteria how could the process have been consistent and objective?With regard to "
The panel noted the extenuating circumstances but did not feel they explained the gap between 114 and the qualifying mark", you could try the argument set out in A10 (i) of the Bucks sticky:
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=60296I think there's an element of luck in whether or not your particular appeal panel might be swayed by these arguments, but it's worth a try.
Assuming you can get over the FCO hurdle, you then need to face up to the issue of your academic evidence. I suspect an appeal panel would probably like to see some evidence of considerable progress in English since last November.
Hope this helps, although I've no idea what's going to happen with appeals in the current crisis.
Good luck!