I'm wondering if anyone has any advice as we're currently appealing for our DD for a place at a super selective grammar in Gloucestershire.
Basically she passed the test but was too far down the ranking to get a place. We want to appeal because we think that the test wasn't a good representation of her ability.
Our main grounds are that until the start of Y5 she was in school abroad studying entirely in a second language. Since we came back to the UK she's caught up brilliantly and is now predicted Above ARE for reading and writing and expected for maths and science in her SATs. We want to say that she has improved massively across the 18 months that she's been back in the UK but that the test was 12 months into that time and so doesn't reflect her abilities accurately.
Does anyone have any experience of this particular type of appeal or any advice for us?
(I would add that we had to appeal for her place in Primary School when we came back and were successful in part because of advice we had on here!)
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thanksamillion · 18/04/2016 16:26
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