ForwardThinker4 wrote:
is it a case of as long as you’re in a position to pay the fees, you will most likely receive a place? Or is the pass mark for the exam similar to that of camp hill, where they will only accept the highest performing and not even remotely consider anyone who hasn’t achieved a set score regardless of whether they can pay or not?
They try to fill in the places, even if they do not want to go too much down the list of best results. I know a girl (now in her third year to become a radiographer if I remember well) who
had obtained no place at the GS in Birmingham. Despite this, she has been accepted at KHES. She is not ‘a bright spark’ like her sister who has attended CHG and who is now a dentist. Her A level results were OK but not excellent.
But my post does not indicate that if you have the money, you have a place. NO. Look for other private schools for that.
And you have also a lot of bright sparks at KHES and KES as they try to attract the very bright by offering scholarships.
PS: When I enrolled my DS for back ups in private school many moons ago, I choose three different levels:
The very top: Magdalen College School, Oxford
Below: KES
Further below: Warwick school