AQS Seems high this year for South?

[JMW]

I'm thinking that the AQS for Alcester and SGGS seem higher than one might have expected this year given the increase in PAN for the Brum schools - the range for the waiting list also seems a lot less than last year ( e.g. last year SGGS waiting list was a range of 322-310 or 12 points which, adjusted for this year would be 8. But waiting list range is only 6 points this year. Similar story for Alcester 9 point range last year so expected to be 6 this year but in reality only 5 and the bottom of the waiting list is rank for AGS is the 458th child with a 209 score, but last year they offered right down to ( coincidently) the 458 th child off the waiting list, so the bottom of the waiting list much have been much lower.

Just seems a bit odd as I thought if anything the AQS would drop this year...

[Okanagan]

It is a bigger cohort this year though, so that might account for some variation.