When is the medway test 2017

It is therefore essential that parents check the admissions policies for each school extremely carefully before deciding on the rank order of schools for the Common Application Form. Children will take the test at their own primary school in Medway. See below for more details. The results will not be transferable as in previous years. The Chatham Grammar Schools are an exception and will continue to accept children who pass either the Medway or Kent tests.

The pass mark in Medway is calculated as follows. Firstly the scores are standardised, giving a minimum score of 70 and a maximum score of Then the individual test scores are weighted as follows:. You will find further information on the Review process and its implications for appeals, here , which will answer most queries.

It is apparent that the historical reason for the bias towards girls in the Medway Test is through the English component, a single piece of Free Writing, which is not age standardised in the same way as the VR and maths, which both produce little gender bias. The only solution I can see is that a new type of marking scheme, set this year after the previous marking team was dismissed somehow reverses the bias.

Another issue that has arisen with the Free Writing Assessment is the standardisation system that is applied. The occasional pupil dips a point below or above this range, but I have never come across one in the Medway Test. Just one school, Phoenix Junior Academy, had no one taking the test, and one small school had no successes. The number of ooc candidates for Medway grammar schools continues to rise far faster than the local population.

It is down to two main factors, primarily the caravan rolling down from London Boroughs, where there is an inexhaustible supply of families seeking grammar school places for their children. First stop are the four Dartford grammar schools, nearest the county boundary and easily accessible by rail. With a combined children failing to gain access in spite of placing one of the schools as first preference, many will have put the Gravesend grammars on as a back up.

As these are mainly second preferences, it is impossible to identify the pressure on them, but again many are thwarted. Gravesend Grammar, admitting over a quarter of its pupils from London, when it aspires to be a school serving the local community, has reduced its PAN from to for entry.

That just leaves Medway grammars, and social media sites reveal that many put the schools down without even having visited them as also can happen in Gravesend and know nothing about them. Rainham Mark Grammar School, up to now super-selective, happily is turning against the tide of chasing every higher grades by selecting and retaining only the highest performers, as described elsewhere on this site. From September , the school has abandoned high scores and is giving priority to those children who live nearest, which means the few London families who will be offered places will be siblings of current pupils.

The second issue is of course wider awareness of opportunities with an ever increasing proportion of Kent children living in towns such as Gravesend and Sittingbourne taking the Medway Test as a backup. I suspect none of this will affect decision making this year, and anticipate the ever increasing ooc effect will ensure another year of high oversubscription. Do you think Holcombe will offer a place to literally any out of county boy that passed the Medway or kent test and lists them on the CAF?

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Write about this on Medium. A letter explaining the reasons for the late registration must also be provided. The decision on whether a reason for late registration is acceptable will be at the discretion of the School Admissions and Transport Management Team Any registration received after the above date will not be accepted. NB: This is the only opportunity for your child to sit the Medway Test.

There is no opportunity to register for or sit the Medway Test at a later date. If you do not register your child for the relevant Fair Banding Test, they may be at a disadvantage when being considered for a place, as they will be prioritised after all other children who have sat the test even if there are siblings in the school, etc.

If do not live in Medway, you must apply to your home local authority e. You can apply for any secondary schools you wish apart from special schools irrespective of where they are. The important thing is that you must apply to your home local authority. Medway residents can apply online. Online admissions is the quickest, easiest and safest way to apply for your secondary school place. If you provide your email address when applying online you will:.

Any late application received after the above date or not accepted by the School Admissions and Transport Management Team will be held pending until after 1 March and will be processed at re-allocation.

Every effort is made to ensure that a grammar assessed child is offered a grammar school. However, this is not always possible because either:. The council has a duty to ensure that a school place is offered on 1 March to every Medway child who has applied on time for a school place. Full details of the next steps you can take following the school offer made on 1 March will be available at that time.

There are various options available. These are:. All of this information and much more can be found in the Secondary Admissions digital information guide on the Medway Council website. If you would like to speak with Medway Council, their contact details are:. Why are we here now? Mon 1 June Online registration for the Medway Test open Online opens at 9am.

Tues 29 June Closing date for Medway Test registration Online closes at 5pm. Mon 4 October Mon 11 October Deadline for Medway Test Review requests. Medway Test Reviews and moderation. By Fri 22 October Sun 31 October Tue 1 March