{"id":50549,"date":"2020-02-09T18:52:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T18:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/?p=50549"},"modified":"2020-02-09T18:52:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T18:52:18","slug":"schoolexam-results-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/schoolexam-results-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"SchoolExam Results 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We used to publish GCSE results when they came out in August.<br \/>\nWe stopped doing this because the majority of schools no longer released their full results, preferring to select data that suited their marketing needs.<br \/>\nHowever, In January each year the Department for Education (DFE) releases the verified figures.<\/p>\n<p>We all know maths and English are basic to\u00a0 success in modern life and so perhaps the simplest measure to understand is the percentage of students achieving Grade 5 (the old Grade C) in both English and Maths.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50552\" src=\"http:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_MaEn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_MaEn.jpg 604w, https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_MaEn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_MaEn-73x55.jpg 73w, https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_MaEn-90x66.jpg 90w, https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_MaEn-310x232.jpg 310w, https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_MaEn-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The government encourages schools to ensure pupils follow a balanced curriculum and students deemed to have done so are said to have met the requirements of the English Baccalaureate. (E.B.) Basically this means they have to have taken:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English language and literature<\/li>\n<li>maths<\/li>\n<li>the sciences<\/li>\n<li>geography or history<\/li>\n<li>a foreign language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pupils may, and usually do, take other subjects beyond this &#8220;Baccalaureate collection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We mention this because one of the important measures the government uses to measure school performance is the <strong>Attainment 8 score<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is the &#8216;point score&#8217; achieved by all it&#8217;s students on their best 8 GCSEs including the E.B. subjects listed above.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the charts from the Government site showing the Attainment 8 scores for some local schools.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50551\" src=\"http:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_Perf8a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_Perf8a.jpg 604w, https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_Perf8a-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_Perf8a-75x55.jpg 75w, https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_Perf8a-90x66.jpg 90w, https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_Perf8a-310x228.jpg 310w, https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2019GCSE_Perf8a-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can check the results for yourselves on the government school performance site here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk\/?searchtype=search-by-name&amp;keywords=Banbury&amp;page=1&amp;radius=3&amp;schoollevel=IsSecondary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk\/?searchtype=search-by-name&amp;keywords=Banbury&amp;page=1&amp;radius=3&amp;schoollevel=IsSecondary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We used to publish GCSE results when they came out in August. 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