Current Address Conundrum
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Current Address Conundrum
My daugther has passed the Bucks (126) and Berks-Langley (116) tests but we live in Harrow. Our choices are Chesham High School, Dr Challoners HS, Burnham HS, Aylesbury, Langley & Herschel. We are looking to move close to where she gets offered
Can someone advise if there is any realistic chance of getting offered a school? Moving blindly to a Bucks town seems crazy.
Please help.
Can someone advise if there is any realistic chance of getting offered a school? Moving blindly to a Bucks town seems crazy.
Please help.
For Bucks it will be done on distance from the schools you have named on the CAF from where you live now - I think its likely you are too far from DCHS - which of the others did you put highest? You may be lucky but it depends on how many people living nearer the schools than you do qualify. As you are not a Bucks resident there is no guarantee of a GS place although traditionally Burnham GS, CHS and SHF tend not to be full in September -
For Slough:
Langley do not have a catchment, places are allocated according to the pass score only, but Herschel mention an area in their admission policy: 'Slough; Burnham; Farnham Common; Farnham Royal; Windsor; Iver; Iver Heath; Datchet; Colnbrook.'
116 was above the threshold for offers from Langley in the last few years [possibly after the first round of allocations though], but with Slough Grammar now out of the Consortium, it is more difficult to predict the score needed to get into Langley.
Langley do not have a catchment, places are allocated according to the pass score only, but Herschel mention an area in their admission policy: 'Slough; Burnham; Farnham Common; Farnham Royal; Windsor; Iver; Iver Heath; Datchet; Colnbrook.'
116 was above the threshold for offers from Langley in the last few years [possibly after the first round of allocations though], but with Slough Grammar now out of the Consortium, it is more difficult to predict the score needed to get into Langley.
A transfer appeal is when you are given a school you do not want - or even one you did not choose - you appeal for a school you do want [provided you are qualified i.e. if you do not qualify for a GS you can only do transfer for other non GS].
Usually the grounds would be on suitability of the school etc., transport, ethos of school [e.g. faith school] - you argue FOR the one you want rather than against the one you have been allocated.
Usually the grounds would be on suitability of the school etc., transport, ethos of school [e.g. faith school] - you argue FOR the one you want rather than against the one you have been allocated.
If you're interested in "transfer appeals" (Bucks terminology for appealing for an oversubscribed school) have a look at section C:
http://www.elevenplusexams.co.uk/11plus ... nswers.php
You can submit a transfer appeal after the allocations at the beginning of March. You can only appeal for a school for which you have applied and been refused in writing. As Guest55 points out, in Bucks there is also the proviso that you cannot appeal for a specific grammar school without first qualifying via the 11+ or via a "selection appeal" (Bucks terminology for an appeal against non-qualification).
http://www.elevenplusexams.co.uk/11plus ... nswers.php
You can submit a transfer appeal after the allocations at the beginning of March. You can only appeal for a school for which you have applied and been refused in writing. As Guest55 points out, in Bucks there is also the proviso that you cannot appeal for a specific grammar school without first qualifying via the 11+ or via a "selection appeal" (Bucks terminology for an appeal against non-qualification).
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