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What's a good % GCSE a*-c level for a High School...

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seeker · 29/09/2011 10:22

...in a very socially diverse area where the "top" 23% are creamed off by the grammar school?

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CaptainNancy · 29/09/2011 10:50

Goodness- 23% is a huge proportion! It's only 4.5% here...

erm.

50% 5 A*-C inc English and Maths would be okay I think.

I live in a socially diverse area, and the non-selective schools cover a huge range.

IndigoBell · 29/09/2011 10:36

The CVA (value add) will tell you if the school is doing well by it's pupils or not.

You really can't look at the GCSE figure and tell that.

I looked at a different way. I think my DS will get into lots of top sets, and by the stats I can tell that the top set mostly do well enough in their GCSEs - therefore I concluded that if DS worked hard he will have every chance of getting good GCSEs :)

But to tell how well the top set do you need to know not the A - C rate, but the full exam brochure which tells you how many got As, As, Bs etc. The exam brochure should be on their website.

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