Sydney Russell School

Examination Results 2016

While we are a successful school, we are not complacent and strive relentlessly to show continuous improvement in our academic results. In the Summer of 2016, our school made exceptional progress and attainment was high for the third successive academic year.

Performance Indicators

Ofsted consider a school’s results over a three year period, using a range of Performance Indicators. Below are the key performance indicators for 2016.
Primary Phase

Early Years

Year 1 Phonics

KS1 Tests

Secondary Phase

In 2016, two new Performance Indicators were introduced nationally. It is intended that these will replace the percentages of students achieving Grade C and above in English and Maths as the key measurement of a school’s success.

Progress 8

Progress 8 is based on students’ progress across eight subjects:

English;

Mathematics;

Three from Science, Computer Science, Geography, History and Modern Foreign Languages.

Three from a list of eligible subjects, some of which are academic, others vocational.

Students’ progress is measured against their scores in English and Maths in the KS2 tests. Students are given a target based on these results, predicting their GCSE Grades. If students attain these predicted grades, they score 0. A plus score therefore indicates that a student performed better than could be expected whereas a minus score indicates a student performed less well than could be expected. The school’s Progress 8 is an average of these scores.

2015: +0.41

2016: +0.38

Attainment 8

Attainment 8 is the students’ average achievement across these eight subjects. Each student is given a score for each grade that they achieved. These scores are divided by 10, the total number of grades as English and Maths count twice. To calculate the school’s Attainment 8 score, all of the students’ scores are added together and divided by the cohort number. While these performance indicators are new, they demonstrate that progress has been made:

2015: 50.8

2016: 53.1

English Baccalaureate

The English Baccalaureate is designed to ensure that students have the opportunity to study a broad range of subjects, but ones suited to their interests and abilities. At The Sydney Russell School in 2016 47% of students achieved the English Baccalaureate in comparison to the National figure of 22%. Students study a range of subjects:

English;

Mathematics;

Three from Science, Computer Science, Geography, History and Modern Foreign Languages.

Three from a list of eligible subjects, some of which are academic, others vocational.

The data suggests continues improvement over the four years since Ebacc was introduced as a Performance Indicator.

2013 – (33.7%)

2014 – (42.1%)

2015 – (42.5%)

2016 – (47%)