what do all the abbreviations mean?
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what do all the abbreviations mean?
hi im very new at all this! so please bear with me pls.
what are cats? pan? rv? i think, age standardisation?
i want to appeal at a grammar school (birmingham) my child was 6 pts off, getting in and is 49th on the waiting list?. but i don' t know where to begin and what all the jargon is.
can anyone help jargon busting?
regards
'old bag'
what are cats? pan? rv? i think, age standardisation?
i want to appeal at a grammar school (birmingham) my child was 6 pts off, getting in and is 49th on the waiting list?. but i don' t know where to begin and what all the jargon is.
can anyone help jargon busting?
regards
'old bag'
CATS are cognitive ability tests- some schools do them, some don't - you can use high scores to show your child is able.
PAN - planned admission number - how many the school 'says' it has room for in each year group.
Read the stickies at the top of this section - they really are very helpful! Don't worry we were all new to this one
PAN - planned admission number - how many the school 'says' it has room for in each year group.
Read the stickies at the top of this section - they really are very helpful! Don't worry we were all new to this one
Appeal to King Edwards
To Old-Bag,
You might want to ask KenR on the Birminghan forum about advice particular to the King Edward Foundation which isn't run on the same lines as many of the grammar schools down south.
Looking on the King Edward Foundation report for 2007, I'm afraid it states that of the 165 appeals, only 4 were granted in 2006. Not great odds.
I'm not sure academic evidence will be enough unless it is exceptional. It is so hard to gain a KE school that many level 5 children don't pass the entrance.
Best wishes, anyway.
You might want to ask KenR on the Birminghan forum about advice particular to the King Edward Foundation which isn't run on the same lines as many of the grammar schools down south.
Looking on the King Edward Foundation report for 2007, I'm afraid it states that of the 165 appeals, only 4 were granted in 2006. Not great odds.
I'm not sure academic evidence will be enough unless it is exceptional. It is so hard to gain a KE school that many level 5 children don't pass the entrance.
Best wishes, anyway.
thanks all for responses!
our son is at King Edwards Camphill!,
and they had a new boy start well after september!
I know it's going to be a hard!! and emotionally i am going to be a wreck! but i have no other options!- she has absolutely no schools to go to, and hasn't been offered any!
i blame the lolly-pop man!!!
regards
old bag
ps how does one get in touch with kenR?
our son is at King Edwards Camphill!,
and they had a new boy start well after september!
I know it's going to be a hard!! and emotionally i am going to be a wreck! but i have no other options!- she has absolutely no schools to go to, and hasn't been offered any!
i blame the lolly-pop man!!!
regards
old bag
ps how does one get in touch with kenR?