Wallington County Grammar School

Admissions Criteria

Admissions Criteria Year 7

The School admits 120 boys on the basis of their ability. Boys will be regarded as of selective ability according to their performance in the entrance examination organised by the school. In the event that the number of eligible applications exceeds the number of places available, the following criteria will apply, in the order set out below:

a) Children who are looked after by a local authority*
b) In rank order of performance in the entrance examination
c) In the event two or more boys have the same rank order and where the admission would exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the order of the distance of their homes from the main entrance of Wallington County Grammar School measured in a straight line on a map

Admissions Criteria – 13+ and Mid Term

Admission Criteria Sixth Form – 2013

The School admits both young men and women based on their performance in GCSE, iGCSE examinations or the Examination Board equivalent. For example, Edexcel's Certificate . We regret we do not except BTEC qualifications as a GCSE equivalent.

The minimum entry requirements are (for GCSE read GCSE/iGCSE/Examination Board equivalent):

To achieve eight GCSEs with a minimum of a grade C with at least four at grade A or above.
at least a Grade A at GCSE in the subjects to be studied at AS Level, unless there are special entry requirements for a subject. Where there are special entry requirements for a subject these entry requirements must be met to study the subject;
Subjects chosen at AS/A Level must form a coherent two year course.

A minimum of twenty boys or girls, depending upon the uptake of places by internal candidates, may be admitted to the Sixth Form from outside the School.

Students who meet the minimum entry requirement are selected according to the following criteria:
Looked After Children*;
Those progressing from Year 11 at WCGS;
Those progressing from Year 11 at other schools in rank order* of performance at GCSE/iGCSE/Examination Board equivalent;
In the event two or more applicants have the same rank order and where the admission would exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the order of the distance of their homes from the main entrance of Wallington County Grammar School measured in a straight line on a map

*Looked after children or previously looked after children. (A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see definition in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). A previously looked after child is a child who was adopted, or subject to a residence order, or special guardianship order, immediately following having been looked after).'
It is important for external applicants to note that places are offered in rank order* and that meeting the minimum entry requirement does not automatically mean that a place will be offered. The Admission Criteria include a minimum standard of entry but in practice, given the level of competition, most applicants achieve higher. The School is looking to increase the size of the Sixth Form to 300 /310.

* The rank order will be determined by the total point score of the best eight GCSE's.
(A*=58, A=52, B=46, C=40, D=34, E=28, F=22, G=16, U=0)

Once provisional AS choices have been made, changes to proposed AS subjects may only be made in agreement with the Head of Sixth Form or a member of the Senior Leadership Team. Students will not be permitted to change more than two of their provisional AS choices once GCSE results have been published.

Continued enrolment in the Sixth Form at Wallington County Grammar School is conditional upon achieving a minimum of grade C at AS Level in the subjects studied at A2 Level, which together form a coherent programme of study.

Special Entry Requirements for Specific Subjects
(for GCSE read GCSE/iGCSE/Examination Board equivalent):

Business Studies: either an A or above in GCSE Business Studies, or if Business Studies has not been studied at GCSE, at least an A in Mathematics and a B in English Language or English Literature at GCSE.

Classics: an A or above in GCSE Classics or History or English Literature.

Economics: either a B or above in GCSE Economics, or if Economics has not been studied at GCSE, at least an A in Mathematics and a B in English Language or English Literature at GCSE.

Further Mathematics: an A* in GCSE Mathematics.

Government and Politics: an A or above in GCSE History or Classics.

History: either an A or above in GCSE History or an A or above in GCSE English Literature.

Music: either Grade 5 or above in an instrument and Grade 5 or above in Music Theory, or the ability to show progression towards achieving these qualifications.

Philosophy: an A or above in GCSE Religious Studies, or History or Classics if Religious Studies has not been studied.

Physical Education: either an A or above in GCSE Physical Education and a B or above in GCSE Biology, or an A or above in GCSE Biology if GCSE Physical Education has not been studied.

Sciences: An A or above at GCSE in the relevant single science or A* grades in Dual Award Science.