Transcript P6 Transfer Info Meeting Presentation

Forge Integrated Primary School
Dept of Education Guidance
• There is no Official Transfer Test it was discontinued
in 2010
• Grammar and Secondary Schools are recommended
not to admit pupils on the basis of a test
• Primary Schools are recommended not to prepare
children for unofficial tests and reminded of their
legal obligation to teach the curriculum
The Reality at the Moment
• Nearly all Grammar Schools are still admitting pupils on
the basis of test scores.
• Most Catholic Grammars use the GL Assessment
system, Non-Catholic Grammars mostly use AQE
• Lagan College continue to admit 35% of pupils on the
basis of a test and 65% on an all ability basis
• Lagan College, Wellington College and Victoria College
admit pupils on the basis of scores from either test.
Where does that Leave us?
• We want to help you and your child be in a
position to make what you feel are the
right choices about Second level
education
• We want to help your child achieve their
potential whether they are doing a transfer
test or not!
Types of Post Primary School by Entrance Requirement:
All ability entry schools
•No selection tests
•Admissions Criteria similar
to Primary Schools
•Newtownbreda High School
•Knockbreda High School
•St Joseph’s College
•Malone College
Grammar Schools
•Admit on basis of test scores
•Methodist College
•Grosvenor Grammar School
•Wellington College
•Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School
Dual entry schools
Admit some on test scores &
some on admissions criteria
similar to Primary
Schools
•Lagan College (35% on test scores
65% All ability entry)
Tests Used by Local Schools
Schools that Accept Scores from
AQE (CEA) and PPTC (GL) Tests.
All ability entry schools
•No selection tests
Catholic Grammar Schools linked
to Post Primary Transfer Consortium
•Admit on basis of GL Assessment
Scores only
Controlled/Voluntary Grammar
•Admit on basis of AQE Common
Entrance Assessment only
•Wellington College
•Lagan College
•Newtownbreda High School
•Knockbreda High School
•St Joseph’s College
•Malone College
•Our Lady & St Patrick’s College
•Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School
•Methodist College
•Grosvenor Grammar School
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Parents are required to complete forms stating their preferences for post
Primary schools and submit them to us in February of each year. The
deadline dates are published along with Parents Info Booklets in December.
We usually run the second Parent Teacher Meeting of the year for P7 pupils
with the aim of helping parents to discuss issues related to the transfer
process with us.
Transfer Test Dates and Website Details
www.aqe.org.uk
www.pptcni.com
NB 2014/15 Dates Not Yet Available
20th May 2013: Registration Opens
27th Sep 2013: Registration Closes
16th Nov 2013: The Assessment
7th Dec 2013: Supplementary Assessment
1st Feb 2014: Results
6th May 2014: Registration Opens
12th Sep 2014: Registration Closes
Sat 8th Nov 2014: 1st Assessment
Sat 22nd Nov 2014: 2nd Assessment
Sat 29th Nov 2014: 3rd Assessment
Sat 31st Jan 2015: Results
Where Children from Forge IPS Transfer to:
6. Transfer to Secondary Education 2009 -2010
6. Transfer to Secondary Education 2012 -2013
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•Lagan College
•Malone College
•Wellington College
•Grosvenor Grammar School
•Methodist College Belfast
•Ashfield Boys High School
Lagan College
Wellington College
Malone College
Our Lady & St Patrick’s College
Blackwater Integrated College
Methodist College
St Joseph’s College
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
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6. Transfer to Secondary Education 2011 -2012
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Lagan College
Wellington College
Our Lady & St Patrick’s College
St Joseph’s College
Victoria College Belfast
Newtownbreda High School
Priory College
Grosvenor Grammar School
Aquinas Grammar School
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To Test or Not to Test
• You do not have to put your child through a test
unless you are aiming towards a selective
school.
• Not everyone will get the grade that selective
schools require.
• The selective system is mostly about whether a
child is right for a particular school. It is worth
turning that around and asking yourself what
kind of school is right for your child and you. Is a
doing a test a requirement?
Useful Websites
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BELB Responsible for admissions in most inner city schools
http://www.belb.org.uk/Parents/school_enrolment_transfer.asp?m=9
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SEELB Responsible for admissions in the southern and eastern suburbs including Lagan College
http://www.seelb.org.uk/schools/Procedures_12_13/PDFs/Transfer/2013/transfer14.pdf
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The Transfer Test - A private company whose business is to sell test preparation materials which
we have not used and cannot comment on the quality of. What we can say is that this website is a
good source of info on both tests including a section on past intake info for NI schools. The Belfast
Telegraph also publish similar information most years in the autumn
http://www.thetransfertest.com/schools-intake-information
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General Info and Support http://www.education-support.org.uk/