crashtestdummy wrote:
Any disappointed child who missed being selective by one mark or less may still get a place. Bexley council says once the selective school exhausts all selective applicants, the admissions team will consider pupils 1 mark below the selective threshold. This is known as the reserve list. Good luck to all affected parents.
Yes they’ve always done this and it has been documented a number of times on this forum but it is always helpful to have a reminder. I wasn’t aware though it was capped at one mark below, it has been in the past offered to this with a lower score and if they exhaust that pool then it goes lower again.
Townley has been reported to have gone several marks below cut off but that was as good few years ago. Also a child with a pass even if 20 miles away will be entitled to a place over a child with one mark off on the doorstep of the school. Also a child with many points below cut off but is deemed selective on appeal will also qualify over a child who just misses out but didn’t appeal. The clue is the years where the Bexley secondary booklet says all selective offered usually means they had to dip below the cut off.