Support thread for parents of chilldren sitting the transfer test in 2011

dee1000

Hi

My DD said much the same today's AQE was harder than the first but not too bad. Again she was able to rhyme off a few of the questions and they did seem a little tougher!!

Anyway the scores for you travellinglight are -

Grosvenor - Highest 124 Lowest 104
Applications -296 Admitted - 155

Aquinas - Grades accepted - 110 A's, 4 B1's
Applications 141 Admitted - 114

Wellington - Highest Score - 116 Lowest - 94
Applications - 186 Admitted - 110

RBAI - Didnt use scores, it used quintiles for its admissions
22 Q1s, 18 Q2s, 51 Q3s, 59 Q4s
Applications - 220 Admitted - 152


Lagan

11 As, 10 B1s, 16 B2s, 18 C1s, 15 C2s to grammar stream
Applications - 306 Admitted 210


Hope this helps


Denise x

dee1000

Just seen your post Bigaves, admittance numbers for

Carrick Grammar - Highest Score - 122 lowest - 97
Applications - 174 admittance - 116

BRA - Highest Score - 124 Lowest - 97
Applications - 316 admittance - 203

Belfast High - Highest Score - 125 Lowest Score - 99
Applications - 232 Admissions - 136

Larne Grammar - Highest Score - 121 Lowest Score - 86
Applications - 127 Admissions - 110



Denise

bigaves

Well guys , here we are.
The final test is tomorrow morning. :j
Good luck and hope come February all the hard work and effort will be rewarded. :T

mummy_maggie

Thank goodness that is it all over now we have to wait 9 weeks for results hopefully with Christmas coming it will go in quickly. My ds found todays transfer test to be the easiest out of the 3 of them, but sometimes when he says it was easy he makes silly mistakes.

Anybody know what Banbridge Academy intake results were??

dprovan

I echo the relief that it is all over. My dd found today's the toughest of the 3;) just goes to show they probably have good and bad days

Catherine_:]

My brother found the first test the easiest, second the hardiest and third it was easier than the second. Just the long wait to the results now but at least its all over :j

36square

dee1000 wrote: »

Hi
Anyway the scores for you travellinglight are -

RBAI - Didnt use scores, it used quintiles for its admissions
22 Q1s, 18 Q2s, 51 Q3s, 59 Q4s
Applications - 220 Admitted - 152

Denise
Those numbers for RBAI look very suspect. How could they be so oversubscribed yet still admit so many from the lower quartiles? The only explanation could be that they are using non-academic criteria such as potential ability at rugby.

dee1000

Hi 36square

Just checked those figures again and they are as printed in the Belfast Telegraph. It does say they did not use scores they used quintiles/bands. Maybe there were only 22 in Q1 applied, there is also a quintile 5, maybe the scores just were not high, not sure how it works to be honest.

Denise

flymetothemoon_2

mummy_maggie wrote: »

Thank goodness that is it all over now we have to wait 9 weeks for results hopefully with Christmas coming it will go in quickly. My ds found todays transfer test to be the easiest out of the 3 of them, but sometimes when he says it was easy he makes silly mistakes.

Anybody know what Banbridge Academy intake results were??

Mummy Maggie

Banbridge Academy info is as follows -

Lowest score accepted was 95.
Intake was 53 Q1s, 67 Q2s, 52 Q3s & 10 Q4s.
Applications 218. Admitted 187.

Good luck

flymetothemoon_2

36square wrote: »

Denise
Those numbers for RBAI look very suspect. How could they be so oversubscribed yet still admit so many from the lower quartiles? The only explanation could be that they are using non-academic criteria such as potential ability at rugby.

36square
RBAI's entrance criteria is the score obtained in AQE and nothing else. It can take in more Q4s than most Belfast grammars because it is a single sex school with a large no. of places (just like Victoria College). Both schools traditionally took in more Bs than As and also took in some Cs. Hence for kids who didn't make it into their 1st or 2nd choice schools, these schools were still a possibility and that remains the case. Another thing which puts people off choosing these schools as 1st or 2nd choice is the fees (both charge approx £850 p.a.). RBAIs intake last year was approx 54 As & 96 B/Cs and this year it was approx 40 As & 110 B/Cs. AQE announced last yr that a score of around 105 and above was equivalent to an A (hence Quintiles 1 & 2 are As) and Quintiles 3 and 4 are Bi1, B2s with some Cs at the bottom of Q4. So when we see grammars taking in Q4s, these are more likely to be Bs than Cs. Many have said that AQE should never have published quintiles (along with scores) as they have caused a great deal of confusion and bear no resemblance to the 11+ bands.