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08/11/2016 Welcome Welcome to Wellington College Wellington College Familiarisation Afternoon “en “engage, e g g g g e, empower, educate’ p ower, educate’ Open Evenings Who are we ? Open Evenings Thursday 5 th January 2017 h Monday 9 th January 2017 7 ‐ 9pm Principal’s Talks 7pm and 8pm Principal s Talks 7pm and 8pm 1

08/11/2016 Test Date Test date GL ‐ 19 th November Supplementary Test GL ‐ 10 th December Parent Information • Traffic • Register between 9.00 and 9.15 at main office • Admissions card 2

08/11/2016 Parent Information • Children of same Primary Schools are together • No electronic media N l i di • We supply pencils and rubbers as required • Tissues and water available • Issues – emergency contact • Children Returned via the pupil entrance Parental Information  Leave Children at the college main entrance  Return by 12.30 3

08/11/2016 Parent Information – GL Timings GL Timings • 9.00 ‐ 9.30: registration and then go to Assembly Hall • 9.30 go to exam hall • 9.40 instruction given – Practice Questions: English • 10.00 Exam Begins – English • Break C 11.00 Parent Information – GL Timings GL Timings • 11.20: return to hall • 11.30 instruction given – Practice Questions: 11.30 instruction given Practice Questions: Maths • 11.40 Exam Begins – Maths • 12.25 Exam Finishes • 12.35 Children return to pupil entrance 4

08/11/2016 Parental Information • SENCO Mrs L Anderson • Rooms allocated on day of test Children Children leave for Examination Hall 5

08/11/2016 Parental Information Important Dates Results should be received on Saturday 28 th January 2017 Parental Information Important Dates  February 2017 – Interview with the Primary School Principal  May 2017 – Schools will issue letters of placement placement 6

08/11/2016 Parental Information Special Circumstances  Anything that affects performance (You will need documentary evidence to support your claim) Wellington College Belfast Entrance Criteria  Pupils are placed in Band according to score Pupils are placed in Band according to score  110 places are issued for Year 8  Oversubscribed criteria are applied whenever we reach 110+ applications ( Sibling / Eldest child / Past pupil / Free School Meals / Distance : Tie breaker) 7

08/11/2016 Admissions ‐ Bands Band AQE Standardised Score GLA Cohort Percentile Band I 106 or above 60 or above Band II 103 ‐ 105 50 ‐ 59 Band III 99 ‐ 102 40 ‐ 49 Band IV 94 ‐ 98 30 ‐ 39 Band V 88 ‐ 93 20 ‐ 29 Band VI 87 or below 19 or below Admissions ‐ Patterns Year Admissions Total Total Lowest Band Number Applications Admissions AQE / GL 2013/ 14 110 164 110 Band V 2014/ 15 110 227 110 Band IV 2015 / 16 110 203 110 Band IV 2016/ 17 110 233 110 Band IV 8

08/11/2016 Wellington College Belfast More information available Open Evenings Thursday 5 th January 2017 /Monday 9 th January 2017 Thursday 5 January 2017 /Monday 9 January 2017 7 ‐ 9pm Principal’s Talks 7pm and 8pm WEBSITE: WellingtonCollege.org.uk ‘engage, empower, educate’ 9