I have been comparing two local Secondary schools. They both have the same prior attainment so, all else being equal should produce the same final attainment - making it easier to compare.
School A has better results than school B, and then I came across one of the reasons deep in the Gov data.
The GCSE Capped Average Point Score (APS) is quite different for boys at school B.
The attached graph shows that on average girls perform better than boys, but school B boys are significantly worse than school A and similar other schools (those with similar prior attainment).
For context, a 25 point difference is about one finer grade difference per subject, e.g. B compared to B-. School B boys have about a two finer grade difference compared to school A boys.
The school B girls value the same as similar schools.
Anyone have any ideas why the boys result should be so low; have you seen it in other schools. For info, school A is Ofsted 1, school B is Ofsted 3.
Thanks.
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stubiff · 15/06/2016 12:59
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