Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Queen Mary's High School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Queen Mary's High School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
For a bright girl who takes her learning seriously and wants to be among others who do the same, Queen Mary's High School offers a calm, purposeful home with deep local roots. It stands on Upper Forster Street, just outside Walsall town centre, a selective grammar for girls with entry at Year 7 decided by the eleven-plus and a sixth form open to both girls and boys. The school belongs to the Queen Mary's Foundation and is twinned with Queen Mary's Grammar School nearby, sharing a history that runs deep in the town, and it now sits within the Mercian Trust.
There is a literary flavour to daily life here that tells you something about the place. The houses are named after celebrated nineteenth-century women writers, Austen, Brontë, Eliot and Shelley, a fitting touch for a girls' school with a strong record in languages and a tradition of academic breadth. Pastoral care and wellbeing carry real weight alongside the academic work, with clear support set out for pupils and parents. The aim, in plain terms, is a happy and ambitious environment where able girls can do their best work and grow in confidence, looked after by staff who know them well.
Queen Mary's suits a girl who will thrive in a settled, supportive school with a clear sense of its own character, and whose family value somewhere with established local history. It is led by headteacher Mrs Nicola Daniel. For a daughter who wants room to be ambitious without losing the warmth of a community that knows her, this is a school that has held its character steadily over a long stretch of years.
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Does Queen Mary's High School have a catchment area?
No. Girls are admitted purely on the entrance test, by rank order of standardised score after priority for looked-after and Pupil Premium pupils, so families can apply from anywhere rather than from a set catchment.
Queen Mary's High School uses the GL Assessment exam for its 11+ entrance test.
No, Queen Mary's High School does not include an interview stage in its 11+ admissions process.
Queen Mary's High School admits girls only for Year 7 entry. Its sixth form is open to both girls and boys.
No, Queen Mary's High School does not have a catchment area. Girls are admitted based purely on their entrance test score.
The official website for Queen Mary's High School is https://www.qmhs.org.uk/.
Your daughter first needs to reach the minimum qualifying score in the entrance test, set each year once results are in and published on the school website. Queen Mary's runs its own test as part of a West Midlands consortium: two papers covering verbal ability and reading comprehension, non-verbal ability and numerical ability. You must register with both the school and your local authority and name the school as a preference, or no place can be offered however well she scores. If oversubscribed, qualifying girls are offered places in priority order. A looked-after or previously looked-after girl comes first, then girls on Pupil Premium (up to 30% of places, with priority for those at a Walsall state primary), then all other qualifying girls, each ranked by score. There's no fixed pass mark; it depends on demand each year.
If your daughter can't sit the test on the day because of illness or another exceptional reason, the school will make alternative arrangements for her to take it. Telephone the school for advice at the earliest opportunity, ideally before the test. Note the school can't make allowances for a score affected by illness, so taking the test on an alternative date is the route rather than adjusting marks afterwards. For a disability or special educational need, apply for special arrangements by the published June deadline so a panel can decide what support to put in place.
