The minimum score to be assessed as suitable for admission to a Medway grammar school was 483, down from 490 last year.
Medway Test minimum score down on last year
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No formal approval needed for NI grammar schools to drop 2020 transfer test
Schools that abandoned the transfer test to select pupils in 2021 do not need formal approval from the education minister for the move, the BBC reports.
Continue ReadingOfsted rates Colchester Royal boarding provision as ‘excellent’
Colchester Royal Grammar School has had its boarding provision rated by Ofsted as “outstanding.”
Continue ReadingLast minute exam techniques
Is your child going to be taking the 11-plus in the next few weeks? Agness O’Brien of the Facebook group 11+, ISEB, SATs, GCSE and A-Level Resource Group will be hosting a live session on techniques for the exam at 6pm today (Sunday 20 September).
Continue ReadingTutor Doctor, Aylesbury, Anne Benson
A way of thinking can be encouraged in family settings years ahead of the 11-plus, according to Anne Benson from Tutor Doctor.
Continue ReadingOxbridge breaks record for state pupils
Oxford and Cambridge have accepted record numbers of state school pupils to start this autumn, including some who did worse than expected at A-level, The Times reports.
Creative writing competitions to enter in September
Here are some creative writing competitions to enter this month – including The Canterbury Tales writing contest and The Reflections’s Project calling for submissions on the pandemic.
Continue ReadingSir William Borlase’s Grammar School delays return due to Covid cases
Marlow’s Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School has delayed its opening date after ‘a number of positive’ coronavirus cases in the school community, the Maidenhead Advertiser reports.
Continue ReadingExtra secondary school place choice given to Southend students
Pupils in Southend will be given an additional secondary school preference when choosing their place this year.
Continue ReadingFears NI transfer test will spread Covid
Parents fear making kids sit transfer tests in grammar school halls could put their health in danger, the Belfast Telegraph reports.
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