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It was extended in 2000. The school has two associated primary schools, Bridge of Weir Primary School and Houston Primary School. [1] Gryffe High School ranked in eighth place in the 2019 Sunday Times school league tables of state secondaries in Scotland, with 70 per cent of pupils receiving five Higher examination passes. [2]
It was first in the school league tables in 2007. [1] Currently the school has around 1000 pupils in attendance amongst the lower school (years 7-11) and over 100 staff, many of whom are former pupils, as well as around 400 in the school's sixth form. The school is unique amongst the King Edward VI Foundation, being the only fully co ...
The school ranks in the top 10 state primary schools in the UK by the Sunday Times Schools Guide [6] and the BBC's Primary School League Tables where it ranked joint first in 2014 by attainment scores. [7] Its latest The Sunday Times Schools Guide ranking in 2022 was 4th. [8]
Primary school league tables were abolished in Wales in 2001; a Bristol University study indicated that this had caused a fall in standards in about 75% of schools. [7] Statutory testing for children finishing Key Stage 1 and 2 was introduced across England and Wales in 1989. [8] It was abolished in 2002 and 2005 respectively.
The Sherborne St. John Church of England Primary School is over 150 years old and teaches year R (Reception) and years 1–6. The school has approximately 17 children in each year, and approximately 115 students in total. In the SATS results of 2010 the school placed as the top primary school in Hampshire (based on Average Points Score). [5]
'Superhead' William Atkinson was appointed as headteacher to attempt to turn around the school's fortunes, and it was relaunched as Phoenix High School. In 2003 it had 759 students, of whom 429 were boys. [2] In 2007 it was reported by The Guardian to be the "most improved school" in the United Kingdom, judged by "league tables" of results. [3]
From the formation of the Swindon LEA in 1997 until the school's closure in 2006, Headlands was consistently 2nd from bottom (1998 and 1999) or bottom (2000 onwards) of the Swindon schools league table when based on Level 2 results (5+ GCSEs at grades A*-C). [7] On at least one occasion, it was also bottom of the National league table. [8]
However the Academy didn't make the progress expected [9] and by 2007 was languishing at the bottom of the School League tables for Bexley. In 2008 GCSE results and value added placed it ahead of a number of other non-selective schools in Bexley. In 2010 the school had a deficit of £500,000, largely for repairs to the "incredibly expensive to ...