September/October 2018 CSSE 11+ Exams - Marking, Clerical Checks and Re-Marks

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H. Coley
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Dear Westcliff High School for Girls,

I should be grateful if you would answer the following queries:

1. Of the 996 English exam papers marked at Westcliff High School for Girls, please can you advise how many were marked by each of the following groups:

Teachers (employed directly by the school)
Teaching support staff (employed directly by the school)
Other support staff (employed directly by the school)
Parents/Guardians/Carers of children at the school
Private tutors
Other (please specify)

2. How many of the English papers above underwent subsequent clerical checks and/or re-marks, after results had already been posted on 15.10.2018? If it is not your policy to undertake clerical checks and/or re-marks, please state this.

3. How many of the English paper raw scores were changed as a result of the clerical checks and/or re-marks that took place, after results had already been posted on 15.10.2018?

4. Of the 996 Maths exam papers marked at Westcliff High School for Girls, please can you advise how many were marked by each of the following groups:

Teachers (employed directly by the school)
Teaching support staff (employed directly by the school)
Other support staff (employed directly by the school)
Parents/Guardians/Carers of children at the school
Private tutors
Other (please specify)

5. How many of the Maths papers above underwent subsequent clerical checks and/or re-marks, after results had already been posted on 15.10.2018?

6. How many of the Maths paper raw scores were changed as a result of the clerical checks and/or re-marks that took place, after results had already been posted on 15.10.2018?

Thank you in anticipation, and I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Yours faithfully,

H. Coley

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general enquiries, Westcliff High School for Girls

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jane leadbeater, Westcliff High School for Girls

Good afternoon
Please see below responses to the questions raised under the Freedom of
Information Act.
Yours sincerely
Mrs J Leadbeater
Headteacher's PA
Westcliff High School for Girls
(01702) 476026
 
1. Of the 996 English exam papers marked at Westcliff High School for
Girls, please can you advise how many were marked by each of the following
groups:

Teachers (employed directly by the school)      All English Continuous
Writing papers were marked centrally; 3 members of our teaching staff were
included among the markers
Teaching support staff (employed directly by the school)
Other support staff (employed directly by the school)
Parents/Guardians/Carers of children at the school
Private tutors
Other (please specify)    All papers marked by staff employed specifically
for this purpose
2. How many of the English papers above underwent subsequent clerical
checks and/or re-marks, after results had already been posted on
15.10.2018? If it is not your policy to undertake clerical checks and/or
re-marks, please state this.    17 English papers were re-marked

3. How many of the English paper raw scores were changed as a result of
the clerical checks and/or re-marks that took place, after results had
already been posted on 15.10.2018?     4 raw scores were changed

4. Of the 996 Maths exam papers marked at Westcliff High School for Girls,
please can you advise how many were marked by each of the following
groups:

Teachers (employed directly by the school)
Teaching support staff (employed directly by the school)
Other support staff (employed directly by the school)
Parents/Guardians/Carers of children at the school
Private tutors
Other (please specify)   All papers marked by staff employed specifically
for this purpose
5. How many of the Maths papers above underwent subsequent clerical checks
and/or re-marks, after results had already been posted on 15.10.2018?  19
of the Maths papers were re-marked
6. How many of the Maths paper raw scores were changed as a result of the
clerical checks and/or re-marks that took place, after results had already
been posted on 15.10.2018?     3 raw scores were changed

Thank you in anticipation, and I look forward to hearing from you in due
course.

Yours faithfully,

H. Coley

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H. Coley
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Dear Mrs Leadbeater,

Thank you for replying to my further FOI request. As you have stated 'all papers marked by staff employed specifically for this purpose', presumably that means then that none of those markers were recruited from the other groups I have asked about (teachers, teaching support staff, other support staff, parents/carers/guardians, private tutors)? To save me taking up your time with further, unnecessary, FOI request/s in the future, it would be really helpful if you could just indicate now from which group these 'other' markers were recruited from - recruitment agency, or general public, for example? If the markers weren't known to you already (apart from the teachers that were seconded to mark the 'continuous writing' papers) then I am assuming you will undoubtedly have kept a clerical record of the recruitment process/es followed?

Thank you in anticipation -

Yours sincerely,

H. Coley

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jane leadbeater, Westcliff High School for Girls

Dear Ms Coley

I refer to your email dated 17 May 2019 regarding the responses to your
previous Freedom of Information Request, and I can confirm that your
understanding is correct - the school seconded teachers to the CSSE to
mark the continuous writing paper. The CSSE make and oversee the practical
arrangements for marking the continuous writing paper.

In terms of your query regarding the markers of the test papers, the
majority are, or have previously been, teachers (not currently employed at
this school). One person was previously a member of the school's Support
Staff and another was previously an education consultant. One person who
marked papers is a parent of a child in the school.

Yours sincerely

Dr Paul Hayman

Headteacher

Westcliff High School for Girls
(01702) 476026
 

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H. Coley
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Dear Dr Hayman,

Thank you for responding to my FOI request, and for answering my queries in full.

Yours sincerely,

H. Coley

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