Publication of Performance Tables

29th January 2015Mr J Rennalls

In August 2014 the school was proud to announce a ‘record breaking’ set of GCSE results; these outcomes have subsequently been affirmed by an Ofsted/DfE document entitled ‘Raiseonline’.

Unfortunately the Performance Tables published today by the Department for Education (DfE) are incomplete because they do not include the outstanding grades achieved by many of our students in June 2014.

The actual results, which include exams taken in June 2014, are as follows:

% 5+ A*-C
inc. English and Maths		 % A*-C
English and Maths		 %
Making expected progress in English

%
Making expected progress in Maths
Actual Results

53

 57 76

71
Published Results (incomplete)

(40)

 (42) (61)

(62)

 

Accelerated Reader Successes

15th January 2015Mr J Rennalls

After only a term year 7 have proved that they are up for the challenge of becoming millionaires! As a year group they have read over 16 million words, spread over 3,000 books.
20150114_135710The Accelerated Reader programme tests students at the start of the year and then at the end of each term. This reading test determines the level of book students should be reading and quizzing on. Once a student completes a book they take a short comprehension quiz on it. Success at quizzing should improve a student’s reading level.
Two lucky students were presented with Kindles in the end of year assembly: Jeyda Calloo, who improved her reading age by over three years on her most recent test and Said Abdul Mohamed, who was our most successful quizzer with 35 quizzes passed at 100%.

The Spring term will see rewards for students who exceed their points target in the next half term. Early in the year, parents of year 7 students will be able to log onto the Accelerated Reader website and see their child’s progress. They can also have a look at their bookshelf which items all books read – and the quiz pass rate!