Ofsted, November 2010
In November 2010, OFSTED rated the school as outstanding for:
- Outcomes for individuals and groups of pupils
- Pupils’ achievement and the extent to which they enjoy their learning
- Pupils’ attainment
- The extent to which pupils feel safe
- Pupils’ behaviour
- Pupils’ attendance
- The effectiveness of the school’s engagement with parents and carers
OFSTED also said:
“This is a good and improving school. Students enter the school with above average attainment and make good progress so that overall attainment at the end of Year 11 is high.”
“Students’ understanding of social and moral issues is very strong, contributes highly to the extremely positive ethos in the school and is demonstrated through their outstanding behaviour.”
“Students support each other extremely well and the school feels very friendly and welcoming.”
Exam results 2011
The school’s provisional GCSE results represent a small improvement on last year.
144 (66.1%) students achieved the so-called “gold standard” of 5 GCSEs at Grade C or better, including English and maths – this is 2% better than at the same point last year, prior to appeals.
173 achieved at least 5 A*-Cs overall (79.4%, up from 76% last year), whilst all 218 students achieved at least 1 GCSE pass.
40 achieved 5 A*-A (18.3%, down from 19.4% last year).
Sophie Burton, Hannah Davis, Charlotte Hampson, Will Holt, Charlotte Hooper, Lucy Kimbley, Jack Langley and Owen Maynard really excelled, achieving A or A* in every subject that they studied.
Commenting on the results, Mr Leeming said: “We are really delighted by the results of so many of our students this year. They were a lovely year group and fully deserved all that they have achieved. Now we need the new Year 11s to do even better !”
