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Admissions Policy: This is the order that student places are allocated, and can vary slightly from school to school. Aspects they may take into consideration often include things such as how far the child lives from the school, whether a sibling of theres attends and their 11+ score.
Appeal: If a child is not offered a place at a school, a parent can request a review of the decision via an Independent Appeals Panel.
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CAF: CAF is short for Common Application Form. In this form the parent must state the schools their child is applying for, and the order of preference.
Catchment area: This is a determined area around a school, whereby children living within this area are given a higher priority for acceptance into the school then those living outside it.
CEM: Short for ‘The Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring. This is a research group that produces many of the 11+ Exams in England.
CSSE: Short for ‘The Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex’. The consortium is made up of ten schools who all use the same Eleven Plus exam.
Cloze test: This type of test forms part of some 11+ exams. It involves a passage of writing (a sentence or paragraph) with missing spaces. The student needs to determine the missing words or phrases that fit best in the text.
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Equal Preference System: This system prevents schools from being informed by the admissions authority as to where on the application form (in regards to preference) they have been placed by a parent. This is designed to avoid discrimination by schools when a parent has not put the school as their first choice,
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GL: Short for Granada Learning. It is an exam board that produces many of the 11+ Exams in England.
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Late transfer test: Also known as the 12+ or 13+. This test is only offered by some of selective schools. It allows children who did not pass or take the 11+ the opportunity to be admitted into the school in year 8 or 9. Typically, only a handful of places are offered, so only those who do very well in the exam and meet the other entry criteria have the chance to be offered a place.
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Multiple-Choice format: A question type that involves the student selecting the correct answer to a question from a list of around five options.
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Non-Verbal Reasoning: NVR for short. This type of reasoning involves solving problems that are in picture/symbol form. It largely involves logically determining relationships or patterns between images.
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Standard Format: A question type that involves the student providing their own written answer to a question.
Standardisation: Also known as a standardised score. This process essentially creates a level field for the tests taken by the student so that the marks are given equal weighting. This process takes into account different mark and time allocations given to tests, as well as the age of students when they take the test. This systems is deemed to make the assessment process fairer.
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Verbal Reasoning: VR for short. This type of reasoning has links to literacy and there are a variety of different question types within this subject. It involves solving problems based around words or letters (sometimes numbers), and find links/differences between them.
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