Secondary School (GCSE and equivalent) achievement and attainment tables 2007
Introduction
These tables give information on the achievement and attainment of students in secondary schools, and how they compare with other schools in their local authority (LA) area and in England as a whole.
The tables show:
- Contextual Value Added (CVA) scores which measure the progress made by students from the end of Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 to the end of Key Stage 4 using their test and exam results. It takes into account the varying starting points of each student's Key Stage 2 / Key Stage 3 test results, and also adjusts for factors which are outside a school's control (such as gender, mobility and levels of deprivation) that have been observed to impact on student results
- attainment in GCSEs (and equivalent qualifications) of students who were at the end of Key Stage 4 in the 2006/07 school year
- bar charts which show how the GCSE (and equivalent) results for students in each school have changed each year since 2004
- rates of student absence from school
- background information on each school, including its name, address and telephone number.
The information on this website gives only part of the picture of each school's and its students' achievements. Schools change from year to year and their future results may differ from those achieved by current students.
Although CVA provides a fairer indication of a school's overall effectiveness, attainment measures showing examination results continue to provide important information about school and student performance.
The tables should be considered alongside other important sources of information such as Ofsted reports, school prospectuses and school profiles. Maintained schools, Academies and City Technology Colleges must provide parents with prospectuses on request.
The school profile includes sections on the school's performance as well as narrative sections for the school to complete under a range of headings, including recent successes and intended improvements. School profiles are accessible at www.schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk.
Parents may be interested to see the Ofsted report for a school. Ofsted school inspection reports can be obtained from Ofsted's website at www.ofsted.gov.uk or direct from the school on request.
This information is one of a set of 150, covering each local authority (LA) area in England. All secondary schools in the area are listed in alphabetical order, including:
- LA maintained schools
- Academies
- City Technology Colleges
- Independent schools
- Special schools (for students with special educational needs requiring special teaching and facilities).