S Khan wrote:
A little early i know but my daughter scored better in the Walsall tests but we live in central Birmingham and so looking at a trek to get there and back every day...is it too soon to be asking if others considering Walsall would be open sharing drop off and pick up? Taking my daughter one way would be fine but 2 may be a struggle with work.
Any suggestion on how we go about finding like minded parents?
You have a number of options, train from Aston or New Street Birmingham,the X51 bus service/the slower 51 or the green bus depending on its route.
https://www.thegreenbus.co.uk/bus_servi ... 851/19-20/Every day numerous girls travel to and from the school via these forms of transport.
I do note the op was looking at scores for QMGS.
QM boys this year had 1400 applicants for 180 places.This is slightly up on last year but not by very much.The school does not envisage any changes to the catchment rules in the short term and have not discussed any changes.They will assess the impact in March 2020 but have no plans to make any changes to catchments.
The qualifying score for pupil premium places this year is likely to be 300.It has been 305 in the last two years.Last year there were about 3 to 4 people on the pupil premium waiting list.30% of the 180 places will be pupil premium.There were a total of 150 places this year.It is unlikely the catchment rules for preference for pupils at Walsall primary schools will come into play this year.
The non pupil premium cut off in the last two years for the last person admitted has been 333.This is not the same as the cut off in March of the year when places are initially allocated.
All this information was provided by the schools head at an open afternoon on the 15th October.I went to get a feel for the school under the new head Mr Langton who took over from the previous head Tim Swaine in 2018.I hadn't been to the school for a few years and my youngest daughter is thinking of an application for the sixth form.We are open minded and there were positive vibes allowing me to see beyond the school hall which had clearly seen better days.