AQE Exam Results

chem_j

Sullivan have slightly different admission criteria in that only the first 120 places are allocated based on the AQE score. The remaining 30 places are allocated based on a set of criteria of which the first is free school meals, then the usual brothers and sisters at the school, feeder schools etc.

KATHYBEAR

Does anyone on hear know anything about Bloomfield Collegiate's marks? am surprized this school has not been mentioned.

I heard Glenlola took down to 90.

Lowest ive heard for bloomfields so far is 95

neveranymoney

I agree completely with you, Ex-Spend, how can Lagan College say they are integrated yet only subscribe to one of the testing methods, although in saying that, I do know of at least two children from the Shankill Road who attend but they went before this mental system was put in place.
Facingthefuture, I also attended a convent grammar and I very much doubt that anyone would have been ostracised for being non catholic, you would have gotten murdered for behaving so badly for a start! However, I had thought of putting my daughter in for the GL tests and possibly sending her to another convent grammar but to be fair, she has not been brought up in that atmosphere that children in catholic primaries are (attending Mass, Holy Communion etc) and I felt that she would have stuck out like a sore thumb. It really is unfortunate that our education system is still so divided.

facingthefuture

neveranymoney wrote: »

However, I had thought of putting my daughter in for the GL tests and possibly sending her to another convent grammar but to be fair, she has not been brought up in that atmosphere that children in catholic primaries are (attending Mass, Holy Communion etc) and I felt that she would have stuck out like a sore thumb. It really is unfortunate that our education system is still so divided.

Same here, my son did do holy communion because of the primary he is that, but last time his aunt took him to mass, he actually said "thanks" to the priest.:o

I have a lot of problems with the catholic church, not least the way they are wrecking the schools with SF. The way poor Mary Magdelaine was treated really bugs me, apparently she only became a prostitute in the 4th century. As for some of the psychotic nuns who taught me, my goodness, I can see why some are being chased for abuse.

*runs off to rant further about pscho nuns to confused dog

Artytarty

Reminds me of my daughter who came back from church and said " I gave my money in...but I didnt get anything to eat" !

kingston_2730

JosieJoBelfast wrote: »

OK, I have gone through this thread and these are the lowest scores that I can find and some are what I have heard from friends etc.......may have missed something, head was hurting after reading so many posts.....I have also put comments where there was more info. available. There may be other lower scores but this is just what i could find from this thread

Don't forget these are 'not official' as the info has come from the bloggers on here...


School
Methody 101 - However a 102 & 104 didn’t (the 5 score band of 100-104 must be where they apply criteria)
Grosvenor 92
Victoria 91
RBAI 92
Bangor Grammar 93
Down High 103
BRA 94 - However a 91 didn’t get in
Dalriada 114 - Rumour cut off about 103/104
Belfast High 95
Carrick Grammar 109 Didn’t take a 99
Coleraine Inst 84
Banbridge Academy 100
Hunterhouse 94
Ballyclare High 94
Regent House 101 Secondary criteria applied,other 101s didn’t get in.
Friends 101 - A score of 100 didn't get in
Wallace 109
Strathearn 109
Wellington 94 - Cut off confirmed as 93 by Principal
Glenlola 97


This was in a nice table but couldn't get it to paste - if others have more up to date info. they can add, amend etc......

I know a child that got into Carrick grammar with 102. I think the cut off was around 101. Very strange for it to be so high as usually not one of the more difficult schools to get into. Probably just a blip this year!

vincennes_2

Bloomfield's cut off point is 92

Willyk

I have heard that the 92 for Grovenor was with special circumstances, but cannot confirm 100%. Would make sense though.

Lisburn_Mum_2

newtownabbey_mum wrote: »

Hi, Does anyone know anything about bus passes? i have filled the form in for my daughter who is going to BRA but i had to put the other schools down that i had put on the form and i think Belfast High is closer as i live in newtownabbey. Does that mean she wont get a bus pass?

Hi you can look back at my previous posts. To qualify for the bus pass you must have put down the schools of the same type, i.e. grammar, that are within 3 miles of your house, if you get rejected then you qualify for a bus pass to get to the school further away, if you have chosen to put the school further away as your first choice you do not qualify, in our case my daughter did not want to go to the nearest school and because we opted for a school further away we do not qualify, even though now as it turns out she wouldnt have got in to the nearest school anyway!

JosieJoBelfast

Ok - here is the table updated with the further info from subsequent posts, hope I haven't missed something:

School
Methody 101 - However a 102 & 104 didn’t (the 5 score band of 100-104 must be where they apply criteria)
Grosvenor 92
Victoria 91
RBAI 92
Bangor Grammar 93
Down High 103
BRA 94 - However a 91 didn’t get in
Dalriada 114 - Rumour cut off about 103/104
Belfast High 95
Carrick Grammar 102 Didn’t take a 99
Coleraine Inst 84
Banbridge Academy 100
Hunterhouse 94
Ballyclare High 94
Regent House 101 Secondary criteria applied, other 101s didn’t get in.
Friends 101 - A score of 100 didn't get in
Wallace 109 a 100 didn’t get in
Strathearn 109
Wellington 94 - Cut off confirmed as 93 by Principal
Glenlola 90

Sullivan 86 (admission criteria may have applied in that only the first 120 places are allocated based on the AQE score. The remaining 30 places are allocated based on a set of criteria)
Bloomfield 92

In relation to the use of the GL Assessment other schools that wouldn't be traditionally thought of as 'catholic' are Ballymena Academy, Slemish Integrated and Portora Royal.

The reason why the 2 groups couldn't agree on a single test for nextyear was down to paying or not paying - indirectly and probably without knowing people were paying for the GL tests. Check out the website below from PACE (remember they were removed from the forum at the start;)). They have a response to a Freedom of Information request there from Ballymena Academy - http://paceni.wordpress.com