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Information from Royal School Dungannon for those P7 pupils who wish to transfer in September 21

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3rd Sep 2020

Dear Principal,

Please find below for your information an email that was sent to the current P7 cohort for whom we have contact details.

Dear P7 Parents & Pupils,

You may have heard that the dates for the AQE transfer tests have changed for this year. This is a response to the covid-19 pandemic and the loss of P6 time in school between March and June this year. We are delighted that the Department of Education has altered the timings for the transfer process and worked with AQE to make these changes. It will allow P7 pupils more time to reconnect with their learning and to prepare for the tests in January 2021. 

I have attached an update from AQE with all the details. In summary, the main changes are:

  1. The closing date for registration for the AQE test is now Friday 9th October
  2. The test dates are: 9th, 16th and 23rd January 2021 (all Saturday)
  3. Results will be sent to parents on Saturday 6th March

In addition, AQE have extended the test time by 10 minutes, from 60 to 70 minutes. This is a further helpful step which provides time for pupils to work on questions and check answers.

At RSD we normally hold a Familiarisation Day on a Saturday morning in October, with P7 parents and pupils coming into school to hear about the process we use and to walk through the test arrangements e.g. going to the test rooms. The current covid-19 restrictions mean this is not possible at this stage but we will monitor the situation and, subject to guidance, hope to invite you into RSD at a later point this term for an amended version of the Familiarisation Day. We will send information to you and the primary schools closer to the time.

We also normally hold autumn workshops for P7 pupils in October but this will not be possible this term. We also provide more practice booklets at the workshops and we are still aiming to do this later this term. Again, we will keep you informed and let you know how the booklets are being sent out to pupils nearer the time. Many of you have told us that you really valued the practice booklets we sent to you in June, so we hope these new booklets are equally helpful. As always, the booklets are provided by RSD’s governors and there is no charge.

If you need any more information then please do contact us at RSD or visit the RSD and AQE websites.

RSD Y8 Admissions - https://www.royaldungannon.com/year-8-admissions/

AQE - https://aqe.org.uk/

Dr D Burnett

Headmaster

Dr D Burnett

Headmaster

Royal School Dungannon

028 87722710

www.royaldungannon.com