Estimate on How Many Pupil Sat The Test

bexmumof2 · Post by **bexmumof2** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:29 pm

With children sitting the test as far out as brixton

Bexley Mum 2 · Post by **Bexley Mum 2** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:56 pm

I've just done a quick count of the number of primary places available in Bexley (sad, I know) and I reckon there are just under 3,000 places in Bexley primary schools and, of course, they're not all full. This must mean that around 2,000 out of borough children sat the test hoping to get one of the top 180 places (unless they live very close to the borough boundary and might fall into catchment)!

greenwichmum · Post by **greenwichmum** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:26 pm

There were a lot of passes in our greenwich school and most of those families are in the catchments for the Bexley schools a lot of OOB don't need a top 180 score.

bexmumof2 · Post by **bexmumof2** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:39 pm

In our school the passes were very low, only 11, where as normally it is between 30 - 40 %.

greenwichmum · Post by **greenwichmum** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:22 pm

It's interesting because last year the school had a lot less passes than usual; 6 as opposed to the usual 10. This year, I don't know the final figure but at least 12 so far.

dani* · Post by dani* » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:14 am

Well done to all of you!

Any chance someone could let us know what the pass mark was and out of how many marks.

Thank you very much.

Bexley Mum 2 · Post by **Bexley Mum 2** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:22 am

Dani - pass mark was 219 out of 280 (140 marks for each paper). Top 180 scores were 251 and above.

dani* · Post by dani* » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:55 am

Thanks - seems a very tall order to me.

I wonder if it will be even higher next year, credit crunch and all that ... possibly even more children who attended independent primaries going for the grammar places. I'm so not looking forward to all this.

Tracy · Post by **Tracy** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:02 pm

Dani, the pass mark is only going one way, up.

Bexley Mum 2 · Post by **Bexley Mum 2** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:45 pm

Dani - I don't think you need worry about the pass mark being significantly higher next year. In 2005 the pass mark was 434 for 4 exams which equates to 217 for two. In 2007 the pass mark was 436 which equates to 218 for two, but that was the year Bexley Grammar reduced its intake by one form. This year the pass mark was 219 and coincides with Erith having lost its bilateral status (60 places at Erith counted towards the total number of GS places in the borough). So the pass mark has only moved from 217 to 219 in 4 years despite the borough losing around 90 GS places.

What I find interesting is that the threshold for the top 180 scorers has jumped significantly. In 2005 it was 483 - ie 241.5. In 2007 it was 487 - ie 243.5. This year it was 251. So it has increased by almost 10 marks in 4 years.