National exams
Exam placement period: a step-by-step map for parents
Three criteria that matter as much as the score when building a preference list.
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The placement period can be more stressful than the exam itself. Yet a good list is built from three questions: commute, programme fit and school culture.
Split the list in three
The first three choices are ambitious, the middle four realistic, the last three safe.
Look at ranges, not one cut-off
A single year's cut-off score is misleading; the range across the last three years is more reliable.
