quasimodo wrote:
The score will be sufficient for a place even though it is unclear what the introduction of pupil premium will have on cut offs.
Agree that if the school is your first choice you have to complete the la application to say so with a good score like that.
336 should be enough based on last year, but what makes you so sure Quasimodo, to say it "will" be?
My son's score is a little bit higher. We are fairly confident of a place but still not counting the chickens until next March.
The way I see it, the median score is 300. That means about 700 kids scored between 300&395. I don't know the spread of those marks. Also don't know how many of those who scored well will also have applied for a Bham school and will go there. Also don't know how many looked after/pp kids will have scored over the 305 qualifying score.
My advice would be to plan for a place at qmgs as it looks like he did well enough. Still give a bit of thought to your 2nd choice school just in case.
Congrats though - hes clearly a clever boy who worked hard at the exam! Well done to him.