The Wallace High School | Prospectus 2023

must informtheschool byemail, providingverificationof this entitlement, sothat thiscriterion canbeappliedtotheapplication. g) Randomcomputergenerated tie-breaker. Thefollowing randomselectionprocess, as determinedbytheBoardof Governorsandoverseenbythe AdmissionsCommittee, shall be appliedtodeterminethe remainingapplications tobe accepted: consideredat thisstage is allocatedarandomnumber electronicallygeneratedwithin MicrosoftExcel; - theapplicationsarethenranked inorderof therandomnumber withhighernumbershaving preference. *This is subject tosatisfying verificationrequirementsas set out below: Eldest child: Theverifying lettermust state that thechild is theeldest childand that the childand familyareknownto theverifier. Twinsandother multiplebirthapplicantswill beregardedas joint eldest. The eldest childcriterionwill also apply inthecasewherea family hasnothad theopportunity to enrol anelder child, suchas in caseswhere theelder childhas completed theirpost-primary education, couldnot attend mainstreamschool (e.g. attends aspecial school) orwherea familyhas relocated toNorthern Ireland. followingwho isnot a family memberof theapplicant and whohasknowntheapplicant forat least twoyears; lettersof verificationwill beaccepted fromaPrimarySchool Principal, ElectedPublicRepresentative, GP, Solicitor,memberof the ClergyoraPoliceOfficer. - eachapplicationtobe Verification letter(s)must be writtenonheadednotepaper andsignedbyoneof the

and equallywith all applications. (see Appendix 1).

It should also be noted that children resident inNorthern Ireland at the time of their proposed admissionwill be admitted before any child not so resident. There is no requirement that an applicant should sit both the AQE andGLA entrance assessments. However, in the case of an applicant who sits both assessments, the Admissions Committeewill consider whichever outcome places the applicant in the higher Band. AQEwill provide parents with an age adjusted Standardised Score for each applicant who has taken the AQE CEA assessment inNorthern Ireland in 2022. The Admissions Committeewill use this Standardised Score, as set out in the Table below, and allocate pupils to a Band accordingly.

tobe filled, the criteriaoutlined belowwill apply in theorder stated.

STAGE 2 The remainingplaceswill be

allocated fromthe applicants in theBand containing the 170th applicant by applying, inorder, the criteriabelow: a) Childrenwhoare attending the PreparatoryDepartment of the School. b) Childrenwhohave a childof the family enrolled in theSchool on thedateof transfer. c) Childrenwhose twinor triplet sibling(s) has (have) already beenadmitted to theSchool. d) Childrenwhoare transferring fromprimary schools from which theSchool has received pupilswithin the last five years (see accompanying list) andwhoare the elder/eldest children* in their respective families orwhoare the first in the family to transfer toa mainstreamschool orwhoare theonly child in their family. transferring fromprimary schools fromwhich the School has receivedpupils within the last five years (see accompanying list). f) Childrenentitledtofreeschool mealsat thetimeofapplication. “entitledtofreeschoolmeals” willmeanchildrenwhoare listedontheEducationAuthority registerasentitledtofreeschool mealsat thedateonwhichtheir parenthassignedtheirpost primaryTransferForm. Ifachild becomeseligiblesubsequent e) Other childrenwhoare

111 and above

BAND 1 BAND 2 BAND 3 BAND 4 BAND 5 BAND 6

106-110 103-105 99-102

94-98

93 and below

PPTCwill provide the results of theGLAentrance assessment toparents as aStandardised AgeScore, aGrade andaCohort Percentile. TheAdmissions Committeewill use theCohort Percentile as thepercentile rank to allocatepupils to the appropriate Bandas set out below.

70 or above

BAND 1 BAND 2 BAND 3 BAND 4 BAND 5 BAND 6

60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39

29 and below

In the event of therebeingmore applicantswithinany of the above bands thanplaces available, or shouldany further places remain

tothisbutprior tothefinal publicationbytheBoardof

Governorsofallocatedplaces, Tuesday, 16May2023, theparent

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