@mukin please could you share the link where you got this table from. I have never seen this data before.not entirely true.actually it’s even more than that.
33%ish of entering children get 121 or over
67%ish of entering children get under 121.
So for a completely out of cachment child who enters and passes, they effectively push two other children under the 121 mark. it’s not quite that exact, but it’s part of the reason the Selection Review exists: the county know that every year, capable children who really should achieve a pass do not, either because they have circumstances affecting their performance on the day, or their just-passing score is nudged under the pass mark by the some of the 600 or so children who are entered from London Boroughs each year despite absolutely no chance of a distance space.
This effect COULD be negated if Bucks CC analysed the in-county scores only to generate the pass marks.
But they continue to include the out of county entrants each year so the issue continues.
In fact last year 38% of the entering children got 121 or over. you add the selection review + appeals, then another 3% qualified extra. more qualifiers so that enough in county children get the score of 121 considering the out county children qualifying and not joining the bucks grammar school.
Bucks council releases full details (anonymised of course) including location data. i.e. in county and out of county, etc.. every year. please find the last year qualification details
I would love to know why people who live such a distance away sit the Bucks 11+ when the admissions criteria clearly state that they have to live in catchment by the 1st Sept before you take the exam. Hundreds of places that could have been given to local children.
Statistics: Posted by Pipster — Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:24 am