Rainey Endowed School Transfer Procedures Academic Year Date: 2 December 2008

Current Position  November 2008 –11 + Test finished  Academic Selection not abolished  What next?

Options for Rainey Endowed?  Wait for guidance from the Minister  Use AQE Tests  Set our own Entrance Examination  Draw 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  Born 2 July July 1999  Registered for test by before noon on Friday 19 th 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 School Transfer Procedures Academic Year Date: 2 December 2008