"The Governors and staff of the School remain totally committed to achieving a successful School and raising pupil attainment." This quote from our School Improvement Plan highlights our drive to raise standards in our school. We are proud of the ongoing improvements to standards. One way of showing this achivement is to study the school results.
Subject
2010 result at Level 4 & above
English
74%
Maths
84%
Subject
2009 result at Level 4 & above
English
94%
Maths
91%
Science
95%
Please note, the above results refer to the tests taken by Year 6 pupils in May of their final year in our school. Level 4 is the nationally expected standard for year 6 pupils. Please note that the levels themselves are not an indicator of the amount of progress pupils have made.
Trends in school results at Level 4 and above
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
English
66%
57%
51%
66%
84%
62%
78%
75%
83%
84%
85%
82%
94%
74%
Maths
68%
63%
49%
60%
70%
68%
76%
71%
75%
68%
83%
85%
91%
84%
Science
69%
54%
57%
65%
89%
69%
82%
76%
87%
86%
95%
95%
95%
Trends in school results at Level 5
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
English
7%
12%
37%
24%
22%
15%
22%
41%
41%
29%
29%
24%
Maths
12%
15%
22%
20%
25%
23%
17%
28%
29%
48%
49%
39%
Science
4%
13%
21%
13%
26%
24%
42%
39%
38%
58%
54%
Level 4 and above rolling averages
97 - 99
98 - 00
99 - 01
00 - 02
01 - 03
02 - 04
03 - 05
04 - 06
05 - 07
06 - 08
07 - 09
08 -10
English
58
58
67
70.6
74.6
71.6
78.6
80.6
84.0
83.6
87.0
83.3
Maths
60
57.3
59.6
66
71.3
71.6
74
71.3
75.3
78.6
86.3
86.6
Science
60
58.6
70.3
74.3
80
75.6
81.6
83
89.3
92.0
95.0
Value Added Official value added data for the 2010 results is not yet available.
Official value added data for the results from the May 2009 SATs show the following. That over the last three years the school has achieved a strong upward improvement trend in standards. That in English, Maths and Science in 2009 the school achieved above the national average attainment. That overall across the three subjects the school improved its percentile rank from 21st in 2007 to 17th in 2009. That for all pupil groups, with the exception of one traveller child who suffered a lengthy spell in hospital, pupil progress was better than the national average.
Official value added data for the results from the May 2008 SATs show the following.
That over the last three years the school has achieved a strong upward improvement trend in standards. That in English, Maths and Science in 2008 the school achieved above the national average attainment. When ranked against similar schools nationally our school improved its ranking from 68th in 2005 to 13th by 2008. When ranked against similar schools nationally i 2008 our school achieved a ranking of 33rd in English, 6th in Maths and 14th in Science. That all pupil groups achieved above the national mean figure.
All the indicators on this page are useful in their own right but a fuller picture can be obtained with knowledge of all school issues. If there are areas you require clarification on please contact us.
The future direction of the school is decided by the school management and Governors working in close co-operation. Our starting point for planning is rigorous self evaluation backed by use of all available data. To this is added the findings of surveys that allow us to assess the wider requirements of pupils.
Our current plan can be viewed by this link, with previous plans below.