Just wondering how worried I should be about the drop in our school's exam results. We are not at GCSE stage yet, but I'm wondering if we should be looking around for alternatives.
It's a private school. We chose it because it had decent results but was lower pressure than most of the other local independents. But I'm worried... In 2018 40% of kids were getting 8s and 9s, and 60% 7/8/9. Very similar in 2019. Then amazing results in the covid years, which I'm pretty much ignoring, but this year just 27% got 8/9 and 47% got 7/8/9.
For context, the A level results were really weak this year too. Numbers of kids at the school is falling. It's still a healthy number, but down noticeably.
Could this just be a blip? Should I be looking elsewhere?