Thanks for that Helen appreciate it

I agree.

Only one further thought he is not seeking a pupil premium place ? As QM now have a separate pp list.I don't know what last years cut off was if someone can post that information if they have it.

If its not pp then you will have to consider alternatives.

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Thanks guys

Yes 310 May be enough for pp at QMGS. It states 30 places available for pp for boys scoring over 305.

That’s what I thought shame they don’t have Pp

Hi all.
Would appreciate any thoughts on 334 for Queen Mary and 219 for Birmingham. DS loves Queen Mary. Is it wishful thinking looking at the trend in cut off over the last couple of years to put as a first choice or Sensible to opt for Handsworth/Aston.
We can work round commute

Hi

Our DS scored 334 too last year!

On previous years, I was optimistic that he’d receive an offer on 1st March for QMGS, but it wasn’t to be. He did get in, but off the waiting list (position 20 when list was initially disclosed), offered on 20th June! It’s just so hard to know what will happen this year after such a huge increase last year.
I know it’s hard but it really made me believe that things will pan out the way it’s meant to be in the end! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for your boy.

Incidentally, if QMGS is your number 1 choice, definitely put it as so on CAF. If it’s not enough on 1st March, he’ll automatically go onto the waiting list.

I think i need to explain myself rather better. I am no statistician so if my reasoning is erroneous, i am happy to be corrected. My reasoning is as follows.

My son scored 225 on the Bham test and 352 on the QM test. The average score of the Bham test is 200; the average score of the Walsall test is 300.

If we assume that the Standard Deviation (SD) on the Bham test is 25, then my son's score falls at the end of the first SD (i.e. +1SD or 225). If we assume that the SD on the Walsall test is 25, then my son's score falls in the third SD (with the third SD starting at 351). This is a huge difference, in a test, where small differences have large impacts.

Or, on a more pessimistic assumption. Lets assume that the SDs on both tests is 30. In which case my son falls just below the first SD (230) for the Bham test, and just below the second SD (360) for the Walsall test. A significant disparity.

Or, indeed, if we assume a 25 SD for the Bham test and a 30 SD for the Walsall test, then there nevertheless remains a significant disparity between the scores, which is most perplexing.

Anybody in the know out there who can help me with this?

Wolczr,

Birmingham appears it be using standard deviation of around 13. If I use that number for both of your scores, you will get approximately 17% of cohort scoring above the 225 SD for Birmingham, and 10% scoring above 351 for Walsall.

What exactly are you trying to work out?