It has been a turbulent couple of years for all students and GCSE have been cancel for two years in a row. In 2020 students were awarded Centre Assessed Grades (CAGs). There was a great deal of controversy around the grading standard for 2020. This was because the governments made a late decision to abandon the use of an algorithm that was intended to ensure grades followed a similar pattern to previous years. As a result of this, the grading standard between schools is different, and the outcomes from 2020 cannot be compared to previous years. For this reason, 2020 results are omitted from the table below.
In 2021, grades were awarded through a system of Teacher Assess Grades (TAGs) (further details about the TAG process can be found here: GCSEs Grading Guidance for Summer 2021 – The Radclyffe School). Whilst students did not sit exams, and therefore the outcomes are not directly comparable to previous years, the outcomes are included in the table below.
Key Performance Measures – Best Entry
For a number of years up to and including 2019, the school operated an early entry policy. As a result of this, The Department for Education’s performance data for The Radclyffe School up to 2019 do not represent the true grade our students achieve. This is because DfE data is based on first entry data.
Following the results of 2019, it became clear that early entry was no longer of benefit to our students. As a result of this, we now only enter students at the end of Year 11. However, there are result from this policy working their way through to the published results for the school. Consequently, national published data on the Radclyffe School does not represent the true performance of our students. The headline figures for 2017-2019 are based on best entry results.
| 2019 National | 2021 LA average | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5+ English and Maths | 43% | 43% | 42% | 39% | 39% | 43% |
| 5+ English and Maths – boys | 40% | – | 39% | 31% | 31% | 37% |
| 5+ English and Maths – girls | 46% | – | 45% | 47% | 48% | 49% |
| 5+ English and Maths – disadvantaged | 24% | 29% | 38% | 35% | 34% | 39% |
| 5+ English and Maths – non-disadvantaged | 50% | – | 46% | 43% | 44% | 47% |
| 5+ English and Maths – SEN | 43% | 14% | 17% | 7% | 13% | 17% |
| 5+ English and Maths – non-SEN | 48% | – | 44% | 41% | 40% | 46% |
| 4+ English and Maths | 64% | 43% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 65% |
| 4+ English and Maths – boys | 61% | – | 60% | 55% | 53% | 59% |
| 4+ English and Maths – girls | 68% | – | 65% | 70% | 74% | 70% |
| 4+ English and Maths – disadvantaged | 44% | 53% | 54% | 62% | 60% | 65% |
| 4+ English and Maths – non-disadvantaged | 72% | – | 70% | 64% | 65% | 64% |
| 7+ English | – | – | 21% | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| 5+ English | – | 57% | 53% | 54% | 52% | 64% |
| 4+ English | – | 76% | 73% | 75% | 76% | 78% |
| P8 English | -0.04 | -0.02 | +0.09 | -0.07 | -0.16 | +0.12 |
| 7+ Maths | 20% | – | 17% | 16% | 16% | 14% |
| 5+ Maths | 50% | 49% | 48% | 49% | 50% | 48% |
| 4+ Maths | 72% | 70% | 69% | 73% | 70% | 70% |
| P8 Maths | -0.02 | +0.05 | +0.3 | +0.08 | +0.18 | +0.24 |
| Progress 8 | -0.03 | +0.01 | +0.29 | -0.11 | -0.18 | -0.02 |
| Attainment 8 | 46.55 | 47.9 | 46.53 | 45.21 | 42.78 | 44.15 |
The DfE school performance data can be found here:
https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/105738/the-radclyffe-school/secondary
