Cambridge House
Grammar School
AQE Information Evening
Wednesday 7th May 2014
Key Dates
Registration opens Tuesday 6th May 2014
 Registration closes Friday 12th September 2014
Test Dates
 Paper One 10am on Saturday 8th November 2014
 Paper Two 10am on Saturday 22nd November 2014
 Paper Three 10am on Saturday 29th November 2014
Results
 Results issued to parents Saturday 31st January 2015
 Remark application closes Friday 13th February 2015
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Filling in the Form
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Follow the guidance notes carefully
Section A – Child’s details
Section B – Special Access Arrangements - tick
yes if required and AQE will send you an Access
Application Form
Section C – Parent/Guardian details- mobile
number is important.
Section D – Preferred location
Section E – Payment £45
Section F – Irish Language paper request
Section G- Declaration and 3 photographs
You need to include a copy of your child’s birth
certificate which will not be returned.
Familiarisation Evening
Letter from school with room and seat
number.
 Seated in school groups in candidate
number order – AQE regulations.
 School uniform – recommended
 Parking – plan ahead
 Drop off in foyer. Parents to Dining Hall.
 Prefects on Duty
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Familiarisation Evening
23rd October 2014, 7.30pm
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Plan ahead
Children will be shown to their desk
Teacher invigilators –
Take register
Check admission cards
Hand out papers
Read out instructions
THERE IS NO TEST ON THE FAMILIARISATION
EVENING!
You will be given more information closer to the date.
Familiarisation Evening
Your child will need:
 Admissions Card
 Pencils
 A rubber
 Tissues
 A coat
There will be water and spare stationery in
the rooms.
 An exam front cover and ‘What If?’ sheet.
The Assessments
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Aim to be at CHGS between 9am-9.20am
The tests must start at 10am sharp
Children will be shown to their desk
Teacher invigilators –
Take register
Check admission cards
Hand out papers
Read out instructions
Starts the test
11am – long bell. Parents will be told where to
meet back with children. Please stay away from
the front foyer and side entrance until the bell
goes at 11am.
Frequently Asked Questions
Available on website – excellent source of
information. www.aqe.org.uk
 Application is now open. Forms can be
downloaded. Photocopy/printed form is
absolutely acceptable.
 We are an examination centre in this
instance. You are not selecting the school
you want to go to in September 2015.
 Schools are allocated on first come first
serve basis.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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The CEA is based on three one-hour
assessments which take account of the English
and Maths components of the present primary
school curriculum.
The result is taken from the best two scores, so
only two assessments have to be sat.
However, we strongly recommend that
candidates take advantage of the option to sit
all three papers, and over 99% do so.
Each paper has 58 questions counting for 64
marks. There are 32 marks for English and 32
marks for Maths.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Each paper is marked three times and there is
a Quality Control Process which keeps a check
on the system. In addition a further 20% of
papers are marked again, and a further 20%
totalled again. In the Office, all papers are
totalled for a final time.
The results will arrive with you by post on
Saturday 31st January 2015
There is a remark process. Contact AQE – a fee
is payable.
Education and Library Board will contact you at
the end of May about which school your child
has been accepted into.
Access
Make sure you complete Section B in the application form.
 Dyslexia
 Dyspraxia
 ADHD
 ADD
Examples of the types of
 Vocal Tics
access arrangements can
 Diabetes
be found on the AQE
 Aspergers Syndrome
website.
 Autism
 Hearing Loss
 Eyesight Problems
 Various heart conditions
 Spina Bifida
 Cerebal Palsy
 Muscular Dystrophy
 Dyscalculia
 Epilepsy
(Not an exclusive list)
Access
If you complete Section B, AQE will send you out
a form to complete.
 You should send any evidence that supports your
claim. This can include, where appropriate:
-Any medical evidence
-Educational evidence from an educational
psychologist (Key Stage 2)
-Evidence from the primary school of the pupil’s
normal way of working.
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Access
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Most common extra assistance:
extra time to sit the assessments
larger size paper
the use of a bilingual dictionary
Emergency Access:
- E.g. A broken arm
- Contact AQE immediately
- Contact the examination centre immediately
- Gather documents
Special Circumstances
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Death of a family member
Sickness throughout the week or on the day
Contact AQE and the school
School will inform invigilators and make notes
on seating plans and reports
An SC14 form will be available from September
2014 on AQE website (SC13 form is for
illustration only)
Gather as much information as possible
You’re in safe hands!
Keep in touch with AQE and Cambridge
House Grammar School with any
questions.
Thank you.