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The UK Government introduced a new performance indicator called the English Baccalaureate, which measures the percentage of students in a school who achieve 5+ A*-C grades (now five Grades 4 to 9 since the GCSE Reforms) in English, mathematics, two sciences, a foreign language and history or geography at GCSE level. [3]
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In August 2018 63% of pupils achieved at least a Grade 4 in English and maths GCSE. [12] In its 2023 GCSE results just 12% of pupils achieved a Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Its Progress 8 score, a measure of pupils' progress in eight subjects from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4, was -1.01 a rating of "Well below average". [13]
In 2010 and 2013/2014 the school was ranked the 5th best-performing school in England for GCSE results. [8] and is regularly among the top 100 state schools in the country. [9] [failed verification] [10] In December 2022, Heckmondwike Grammar School was ranked the 2nd best school in the North of England, based on GCSE results.
2 Ofsted judgement and academic performance. 3 Future plans. ... 138624 Tables: ... The school was judged Good by Ofsted in 2023. [3] Performance at GCSE in 2017 was ...
The incorporation of GCSE awards into school league tables, and the setting of targets at school level at above national average levels of attainment, has been criticised. At the time of introduction, the E grade was intended to be equivalent to the CSE grade 4, and so obtainable by a candidate of average/median ability. [ 56 ]
Since 2019, the school's GCSE performance has been well below the average of other schools in Somerset, [4] however during its first full year as an academy, performance increased from 44% to 56% of students achieving five or more A* to C GCSE grades including English and mathematics. [4]
For three consecutive years now [when?] Ferndown Upper School achieved high academic success with the best results for GCSE progress in Dorset. The last time the DfE produced performance tables Ferndown Upper was declared the 'Best Upper School in the Country'.