Beaconsfield High - undersubscription
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Beaconsfield High - undersubscription
As a Foundation School, BHS can manage it's own Admissions, although the school recently handed back that responsibility for Year 7 - 9 to Bucks CC - presumably because they have not been undersubscribed for many years.
This year is a different matter of course, and I have heard that letters are being sent out to parents of girls in all parts of Bucks (including some who live very long distances away indeed) offering them places at BHS due to undersubscription.
The interesting nugget in the letter is: "... considerably fewer girls have qualified for a grammar school place than boys this year (70 in fact) This has resulted in there being some places available for Year 7 from September at Beaconsfield High School."
This is not actually as exceptional as it suggests - in 2008 there were 28 more qualified boys than girls, in 2007 it was 189, in 2006 it was 75 and in 2005 it was 186.
Thus, the problem is primarily geographic and peculiar to South Bucks, rather than being purely demographic, as this letter would like us to believe.
It remains good news for anyone wanting a place at BHS though.
Sally-Anne
This year is a different matter of course, and I have heard that letters are being sent out to parents of girls in all parts of Bucks (including some who live very long distances away indeed) offering them places at BHS due to undersubscription.
The interesting nugget in the letter is: "... considerably fewer girls have qualified for a grammar school place than boys this year (70 in fact) This has resulted in there being some places available for Year 7 from September at Beaconsfield High School."
This is not actually as exceptional as it suggests - in 2008 there were 28 more qualified boys than girls, in 2007 it was 189, in 2006 it was 75 and in 2005 it was 186.
Thus, the problem is primarily geographic and peculiar to South Bucks, rather than being purely demographic, as this letter would like us to believe.
It remains good news for anyone wanting a place at BHS though.
Sally-Anne
Does this reflect that there are more boys than girls, or that, on average, boys do better at VR tests than girls? In the past, VR scores were standardised differently for girls and boys - meaning, I understand, that girls didn't have to score as highly as boys. This would imply that if all the GSs were mixed, there would be more boys at GS than girls!
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The numbers of girls and boys taking the test is almost equal every year -for example, last year there were 3674 boys and 3618 girls.
However, with the exception of last year, when both girls and boys passed at a rate of 30%, there is usually a slightly higher pass rate among the boys - in previous years it has been 31%/29%, 30%/28% and 31%/29%.
In raw numbers that equates to somewhere between 100 and 200 more boys than girls passing each year so yes, there would be an imbalance.
Sally-Anne
However, with the exception of last year, when both girls and boys passed at a rate of 30%, there is usually a slightly higher pass rate among the boys - in previous years it has been 31%/29%, 30%/28% and 31%/29%.
In raw numbers that equates to somewhere between 100 and 200 more boys than girls passing each year so yes, there would be an imbalance.
Sally-Anne
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I know of three girls from our local primary school in Hertfordshire that went to see this school yesterday.
They all passed the 11+ but didnt get thier choice of Dr Chanellors or WGGS.
They have all been given Clement Danes.
If there are spaces in this school would it be first come first served so to speak as to who gets in.
I heard through the grapevine that were 19 places. Not sure if this correct.
They all passed the 11+ but didnt get thier choice of Dr Chanellors or WGGS.
They have all been given Clement Danes.
If there are spaces in this school would it be first come first served so to speak as to who gets in.
I heard through the grapevine that were 19 places. Not sure if this correct.
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