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Does anyone know if herts will be using moray house papers this year? and are they available to buy. I have looked but never noticed them, but have heard they are widely available to the point that st michaels had to re-test as children had seen the paper before.
thanks for your help
thanks for your help
I don't think anyone really knows except the schools. They can change the papers each year without telling anyone. I guess you can assume that they are the same type as last years but it is worth practicing with different types just in case.
The schools will send out example questions when they invite your child for the test. When my son sat this a couple of years ago these arrived about a week or so before the test and contained only a few questions - so were pretty useless.
I think that if you phone the schools admissions offices they will confirm whether the test is multiple choice or standard format. (I assume it will be the latter for this years test as that has been the format for preceding years.)
The schools will send out example questions when they invite your child for the test. When my son sat this a couple of years ago these arrived about a week or so before the test and contained only a few questions - so were pretty useless.
I think that if you phone the schools admissions offices they will confirm whether the test is multiple choice or standard format. (I assume it will be the latter for this years test as that has been the format for preceding years.)
If I were them, I'd want to switch the VR from Moray House after the fiasco at St Michael's last year; they can hardly afford a mess like that in the current climate. It would indeed be prudent to practise with a range of publishers.Stig wrote:I don't think anyone really knows except the schools. They can change the papers each year without telling anyone. I guess you can assume that they are the same type as last years but it is worth practicing with different types just in case.
Blanca, you could try asking all the schools, even the ones you haven't applied to, since they share the tests, but they might say that secrecy is necessary for fairness. They might suggest certain practice materials, but that may not mean that the actual tests are from the same publishers. Do let us know if they tell you anything, though.
DAO Moray house tests
I brought up the DAO/St Michael's fiasco at our appeal for Parmiters. Mr Coulshed was adamant that there was no problem and that this was all rumour.
I saw the completed paper my children did and I believe that many of the larger tutoring centres/older tutors may well have access to these papers.
I saw the completed paper my children did and I believe that many of the larger tutoring centres/older tutors may well have access to these papers.
Re: DAO Moray house tests
Well the DAO one was the previous year, but I hope he doesn't really believe what he said. There are bound to be tutors who prepare for both St Michael's and the consortium (and DAO), and they will know the score by now.toony wrote:I brought up the DAO/St Michael's fiasco at our appeal for Parmiters. Mr Coulshed was adamant that there was no problem and that this was all rumour.
Re: DAO Moray house tests
Blimey Toony - that sounds a brave strategy! Surely you didn't really suggest that some of the children who got academic places had perhaps "cheated" in some way?!! Wish I could have seen the look on Mr Coulshed's face....!toony wrote:I brought up the DAO/St Michael's fiasco at our appeal for Parmiters. Mr Coulshed was adamant that there was no problem and that this was all rumour.
I saw the completed paper my children did and I believe that many of the larger tutoring centres/older tutors may well have access to these papers.
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