WARRINGTON schools continue to outstrip national averages, according to the national league tables published by the Department for Education.
The main measure of attainment used by the DfE is five or more A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths and in this respect Warrington scored 62.9 per cent compared with the national average of 59.4 per cent.
The town is ranked 29th nationally and sixth in the north west.
Using five or more A*- G GCSE excluding including English and Maths measure Warrington scored 96.4 per cent, above the national average of 92.4 per cent and ranks the town 15th nationally.
A new measure used by the DfE is the English Baccalaureate. Here Warrington scored 18.4 per cent compared to the national average for state schools of 16.2 per cent.
The DfE have also released information about the progress children have made from the end of primary school to GCSE.
The expectation is that children make three levels of progress. In English nationally 69.2 per cent of children made this progress. In Warrington the figure was 72.7 per cent. In maths, progress in Warrington was 73.0 per cent compared to the national result of 69.8 per cent.
The DfE also list the number of schools that are below the new national floor standard of 40 per cent achieving 5 or more A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths and progress in Maths and English above 70 per cent.
No school in Warrington is below the floor standard.
Cllr Colin Froggatt (pictured), the borough council’s executive member for children and young people’s services said: “Official confirmation of our results once again shows that students in Warrington have far exceeded national averages. These excellent results are a credit to all the hard work and determination shown by students, teaching staff, governors and parents.”
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These excellent results are a credit to all the hard work and determination shown by students, teaching staff, governors and parents.” – and nothing to do with you Selwyn
Isn’t that exactly what he said? More blinkered and bitter comments from you, Nick – you really should get a life and get out more!
Is that exactly what he said? No , notice the phrase “our results”. Do I believe that the Labour Junta will take credit on their propoganda leaflets? Yes.
Quoting from above “These excellent results are a credit to all the hard work and determination shown by students, teaching staff, governors and parents”. All parties do it, and the Fib Dems like to throw in the unfounded scaremongering as well!
I am sure you would be the first to comment if they did, so allow me to have my say on this – there’s a good chap.
That’s the trouble though Nick – you have your say on everything and none of it is balanced or worth reading!