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Dear Rudy Jones,
 
Thank you for your email. We will treat your request for information as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, received by the university on 18th September 2024. We will endeavour to respond to your request within the statutory 20 working day time frame.
 
Please note that the university has adopted the Model Publication Scheme and also publishes FOI responses on our Disclosure Log. The Fees Regulations state that requests received within 60 consecutive working days can be aggregated.

Kind Regards,

Lakeisha Dowsey-Magog (she/her)
Information Compliance Officer
Department of Business Assurance
King’s College London
Room: SW1.09
Somerset House East Wing
Strand Campus
WC2R 2LS

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Dear Rudy Jones,  

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the
Act”)

Further to your recent request for information held by King’s College
London, I am writing to confirm that the requested information is held by
the university.

Your request

We received your information request on 18^th September 2024 and have
treated it as a request for information made under section 1(1) of the
Act.

You requested the following information:

I am writing this in regards to the role of GCSE's in selecting Computer Science applicants for offer. I would like to ask,

1. What is the exact role of GCSE's in selecting candidates for interview - how are GCSE grades used in conjunction with TMUA and other criteria - is this weighted? ie. 40% GCSE's, 40% BMAT, 20% Personal statement

2. How do you distinguish initial results and resits (English language 6)

3/ Do you take the higher grades regardless or the average

3. Are GCSE's ranked into 'below average', 'average', and 'above average' groups and if so, what would be considered 'above average'

Our response

1. What is the exact role of GCSE's in selecting candidates for interview - how are GCSE grades used in conjunction with TMUA and other criteria - is this weighted? ie. 40% GCSE's, 40% BMAT, 20% Personal statement

Computer Science BSc is not, nor has it been previously a course where interviews have taken place as part of the admissions process. Please see the course webpage for information on the selection process: [1]https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduat...  

2. How do you distinguish initial results and resits (English language 6)

3/ Do you take the higher grades regardless or the average

Information on how resits are regarded in the selection process can be found on the course webpage: [2]https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduat...  

3. Are GCSE's ranked into 'below average', 'average', and 'above average' groups and if so, what would be considered 'above average'

The groupings citied in the request have not been used in previous
admissions cycles.

This completes the university’s response to your information request.

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information request or feel that it has not been properly handled you have
the right to complain or request a review of our decision by contacting
the Director of Information Governance & Data Protection Officer within 60
days of the date of this letter.

Further information about our internal complaints procedure is available
at the link below:

[3]https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policyhub/freedom-...

In the event that you are not content with the outcome of your complaint
you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally,
the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have
exhausted the internal complaints procedure provided by King’s College
London.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely,

Lakeisha Dowsey-Magog (she/her)

Information Compliance Officer

Department of Business Assurance

King’s College London

Room: SW1.09

Somerset House East Wing

Strand Campus

WC2R 2LS

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