Rainey Endowed SchoolTransfer Procedures

Academic Year 2010-2011

Date: 2 December 2008

Current Position

November 2008 –11+ Test finishedAcademic Selection not abolishedWhat next?

Options for Rainey Endowed?

Wait for guidance from the MinisterUse AQE TestsSet our own Entrance ExaminationDraw up a Contingency Plan

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Planning

This Contingency Plan:

APTITUDE TESTS

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Planning

This will only be implemented if the current transfer procedure ends and

is succeeded by what has come to be known as an

‘UNREGULATED SYSTEM’

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Planning

• No change to law maintaining the right of grammar schools to include academic criteria within admissions procedures.

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Plan

Aptitude Tests

Taken in November of P7 year only by pupils whose parents wish them to be eligible to apply for a place at Rainey Endowed School.

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Planning

• The Aptitude Test will be externally sourced and marked (NFER)

• Proven, Standardised and Objective

• Used by Schools in England and Wales

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Planning

• Two closed, standardised reasoning papers

• Multiple-choice in nature

• Answered on OMR sheets

• Marked externally• Saturday morning (2 x 50 min + break)

Find two words, one from each group, which are most nearly opposite in meaning. On your answer sheet, mark two letters, one from each group.

(A. wide B. lost C. still)

(X. open Y. broad Z. narrow)

Answer: wide, narrow. (On your sheet, you would mark A and Z)

Add the odd numbers and divide the total by the smallest number.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 8 E. 7

Answer: 5 (On your answer sheet you would mark C)

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Planning

• Aptitude Test requires literacy and numeracy knowledge, skills and understanding, but is not content based.

• No need for additional teaching beyond learning experiences which are an integral part of education in the Revised Curriculum at Key Stage 2.

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Planning

• A mark score for each candidate will be communicated to parents before applications are required by ELBs.

• A remark facility is available.

• Mark score will be taken into consideration in the context of the published admissions procedures.

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Planning

Eligible for entry to Form 1 in Sept 2010:P6 school year 2008 - 09Born 2 July 1998 - 1 July 1999Registered for test by before noon on

Friday 19th June 2009

Complete Transfer Form from ELBs

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Planning

• Parents’ Information Evening

• Parents’ Information Pack

• Results provided before Transfer Process

• Remark facility

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Planning

• Special Access Requirements

• Supplementary Test

• Special Circumstances

Rainey Endowed School Contingency Planning

Role of Primary Schools:-

• Rainey Endowed administers test

• No change to KS2 Revised Curriculum

• P7 pupils not out of school

• Verification of Pupil’s Photograph

• Transfer Interview and completion of the Transfer Form

Rainey Endowed SchoolTransfer Procedures

Academic Year 2010-2011

Date: 2 December 2008