Transfer Test AQE 2015-2016 *NEW THREAD*

Flashfriend

I didn't think age was in the criteria. Is it not sibling next and maybe 1st child? You may take a look at admissions criteria on the school website.

RikM

Cherryscone wrote: »

I was told yesterday that school ds was hoping to get into has put their score up by 3 well that will be him not getting a place if that is the truth ...do any off you know what way being the youngest works is it helping or is it the oldest they look at 1st ?

Do their criteria work that way? Most schools just do it by plain "highest scores applying", so you don't know the lowest score until all the places are allocated. Even the ones that use mixed criteria (something like: first hundred according to score and the rest by other rules) don't usually set minimums.
But you'd really need to check the published criteria set by the school.

Cherryscone

RikM wrote: »

Do their criteria work that way? Most schools just do it by plain "highest scores applying", so you don't know the lowest score until all the places are allocated. Even the ones that use mixed criteria (something like: first hundred according to score and the rest by other rules) don't usually set minimums.
But you'd really need to check the published criteria set by the school.

Yeah I have checked it today Highest scores which you would expect then down to parent who attended the school eldest child the picking names

Flashfriend

Did you see the schools league table for A level results in the Belfast Telegraph today? Interesting....

Cherryscone

Flashfriend wrote: »

Did you see the schools league table for A level results in the Belfast Telegraph today? Interesting....

I don't ususally buy it ..so who were the top Performing Schools ?

Cherryscone

Christinej wrote: »

Cherryscones, unless it comes from the horses mouth it's only hearsay. Schools aren't allowed to make comments on their admissions until after the letters are out. Up to 11th May changes can still be made to a child's form and it's only after this that schools then notify the board where places are available and the board will have the names of any pupils without a place. No parent will know until that Saturday morning which school their child has got into.....so keep an open mind you just never know 😃

Hi and welcome to our thread have you a child starting year 8 this year ?

RikM

Cherryscone wrote: »

I don't ususally buy it ..so who were the top Performing Schools ?

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/revealed-the-top-performing-northern-ireland-schools-at-alevel-34679570.html

Take a look...

Flashfriend

Is any other p7 child still getting homework every night? My DD got 56 arithmetic questions last night! She has lost all interest in doing the same stuff and she now gets the half of it wrong when she would have got them all right a while back. Very frustrating so I wish they would ditch the p7 homework and let them have a nice end to primary school.

BOBS

Flashfriend wrote: »

Is any other p7 child still getting homework every night? My DD got 56 arithmetic questions last night! She has lost all interest in doing the same stuff and she now gets the half of it wrong when she would have got them all right a while back. Very frustrating so I wish they would ditch the p7 homework and let them have a nice end to primary school.

same here DS kinda loosing interest in primary school but the homework is still acoming !!

Cherryscone

Same here how many days have they left now not many?