Plymouth secondary school league tables 2013
PERFORMANCE tables have been released showing city pupils GCSE results.
At GCSE level nationally, 59.4 per cent of pupils in both maintained and independent schools reached the government's benchmark of five GCSEs (or equivalent qualifications) graded A* to C, including English and maths - up from 58.2 per cent in 2011.
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Plymouth secondary school league tables 2013
In Plymouth, 57.5 per cent of pupils reached the government's benchmark of five GCSEs (or equivalent qualifications) graded A* to C, including English and maths.
Comparing results across Plymouth, Devonport High School for Girls have scored top of the table, with 99 per cent of pupils getting grades A*-C in five GCSE - or equivalent qualifications.
At the bottom of the table, only 29 per cent of pupils at Sir John Hunt Community Sports College were getting grades A*-C in five GCSE - or equivalent qualifications.
This year is different from many others as a number of schools were affected by a grade boundary change in the GCSE English paper.
A row broke out in August after it emerged papers taken in June were graded more harshly than those in January.
At A/AS-level, the average number of points netted per pupil at each school has also been collated.
At Devonport High School for Boys the average number of points netted per pupil was 1074.2, which was the highest in the city.
At Stoke Damerel Community College the average number of points netted per pupil was 529.6, which was the lowest in the city.
And in the English Baccalaureate, pupils getting A*-C GCSE passes in maths, English, two science subjects, a language and either history or geography, 69 percent of pupils achieved this at Plymouth High School for Girls who were at the top of the table.
However at Tor Bridge High, St Boniface’s RC College and Marine Academy Plymouth, only one per cent of pupils were achieving A*-C GCSE passes in those subjects.
LEAGUE TABLE FOR SCHOOLS IN SOUTH EAST CORNWALL
LEAGUE TABLE FOR SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AND WEST DEVON
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by Reyasuk
Monday, January 28 2013, 9:39PM
“Maybe if St Boniface's College stopped spending money on supply teachers while making staff teachers redundant, constantly refurbishing admin offices and buying expensive gadgets for senior staff whilst running a huge deficit, they might find some money to buy the students new books.”
by theblackhalo
Thursday, January 24 2013, 10:51PM
“madmax 76, what makes me feel uncomfortable about these results is the poor performance of DHS for boys. In my opinion a school which, by selection, creams the most able boys in the city could only manage 89% GCSE's grade A-C when it should be achieving nearer 100%. It is not the schools that you name who are failing, it is this school and to a lesser extent the high schools for girls that are failing for not achieving 100%.”
by Waltersmith
Thursday, January 24 2013, 10:03PM
“..apart from the fact my typos are dredfull”
by Waltersmith
Thursday, January 24 2013, 10:03PM
“@madmax76
In all of my years of teaching the only things a school needed was a good headteacher.
Amazingly the rest cascaded form there”
by madmax76
Thursday, January 24 2013, 9:43PM
“Tor Bridge, MAP and All Saints are in the bottom 5, and all 3 have had complete or part rebuild. Money being thrown at failing schools makes me feel uncomfortable and question why? Look what happened to Parkside?”
by freedomforus
Thursday, January 24 2013, 6:47PM
“Very unsurprised about TorBridge High's lowly rating. Although some of the totally useless heads and staff have gone there are too may poor teachers there. Feel truly sorry for the good teachers that do a good job under poor direction.”
by PAFC1
Thursday, January 24 2013, 5:25PM
“The League Tables are fine, but they often mask schools which manipulate them to improve their League Table position and reputation. Take Devonport High School For Boys for example. Nearly 50% of their boys who they've taught for 5 years are ejected from the school after GCSE's because they failed to attain high enough GCSE Grades for Devonport High's 6th form. If the boys want to continue their education they have to find another school or college. This year there are 42 pupils (mainly girls from DHSG & PHSG) who attained exceptional GCSE Grades, who take the boys places in the 6th Form. Nothing wrong with that, competion for places is part of being a Grammar School, you may say. However, the school never publishes the 'A' level grades of their own pupils, so when prospective parents and boys read the School Prospectus or attend the Open Evenings, they are fed the line of the high achievements of the 6th Form, not knowing the school has been 'gifted' the highest achieving pupils in the area which has artificially inflated their 'A' Level results and league table position. At best its not being open, at worst its dishonest. The schools which keep their own pupils into their 6th Form and achieve results not much lower than Devonport High should be commended. They must be doing a fantastic job! The Govenors of Devonport High need to review their mission statement and their integrity and honesty policies”
by timjayharris
Thursday, January 24 2013, 4:27PM
“Interesting that olddogbreath highlights saltash.net rather then addressing the other schools also around the same mark. I am aware of the difficulties due to problems with Modular exams. Perhaps olddogbreath you can comment on the fact saltash.net students sat their exams for Year 11 Maths in November and the results were 62% A* - C... possibly says more about the exams then the school... just before you comment I should point out 62% is 18% higher then national average :)
P.s - just to clarify 70 isn't nearly double 40... 79 is nearly double, 70 is quiet a way off”
by Waltersmith
Thursday, January 24 2013, 4:11PM
“I think one or two headteachers have quite forgotten what they are there for - which is not themselves.”
by josdave
Thursday, January 24 2013, 3:56PM
“If there is one thing wrong with education the NHS and the police and perhaps other groups it is this obsession with targets. The results mean absolutely nothing as you can fiddle the figures to prove whatever you want to prove. There are less people in employment (by that I mean proper jobs not part seasonal etc) than ever but the government figures prove unemployment is falling. In order to get more pupils into university (as if that was the only way to get on in life) the A level exams were made easier to achieve this.
Targets do no good whatsoever other than give staticians figures to manipulate.”