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Shocking League Table Of Bucks and Herts Secondaries!

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BucksorHerts · 22/11/2023 15:35

I stumbled upon this article about rankings and I'm perplexed at the 2024 league table.
https://britannia-study.com.my/state-schools/best-state-secondary-schools-in-the-uk

I was surprised to see St George's School Harpenden ranked at 37
Dr Challoner's High at 28
Dr Challoner's Grammar (not found in the 2024 league table. How can it now make the of 184 schools? Is the site unreliable then?)
Chesham Grammar at 35
DAO ranked at 53 (Why so low? It's so highly regarded)
Sir Henry Floyd st 54
Parmiters at 98 (Surely this is an error??)

Is there a more reliable site for league tables to compare rankings?
I'm interested in Bucks and Herts.

Best State Secondary Schools in the UK - Rankings & League Table (Updated 2024)

Looking for the best state secondary schools in the UK? Here you can find the 2024 league table for UK state schools, based on public examination results.

https://britannia-study.com.my/state-schools/best-state-secondary-schools-in-the-uk

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BucksorHerts · 23/11/2023 23:14

Which league tables do you recommend or deem most accurate?

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StrawberriesSW1 · 23/11/2023 23:12

Refbuckethat · 23/11/2023 12:30

The table is a bit meaningless. The ones near me are super super selective with kids tutored to get in and then tutored to keep up. The non selective one on the table near me doesn't allow kids to take a certain GCSE unless they'll get a high mark... so in effect creates a misleading result. It's well known

Is it legal for the school to prevent a student from taking an exam?

thing47 · 23/11/2023 15:23

Just to point out that Britannia StudyLink is not a UK organisation, and appears to be geared mostly towards getting Hong Kong students into British schools and universities. It may well offer an excellent service, but I would have to question its evidence base for judging schools throughout the UK - at the very least I would need to see evidence of robust research of the kind carried out by CUG and other school and university league tables before I set much credence by it.

Refbuckethat · 23/11/2023 12:30

The table is a bit meaningless. The ones near me are super super selective with kids tutored to get in and then tutored to keep up. The non selective one on the table near me doesn't allow kids to take a certain GCSE unless they'll get a high mark... so in effect creates a misleading result. It's well known

BonjourCrisette · 22/11/2023 18:29

I don't think that is a very accurate table. I just looked up a couple of schools that I know of locally and the figures in the table for various exams are just plain wrong.

3WildOnes · 22/11/2023 16:49

I would just compare schools in the gov.uk site. St George's is the second highest rated secondary school in the country on your link so that is pretty impressive. Quite a few of the schools on the list that score higher than Dr Challoner's high are super selective, so admit the top few percent compared to the top 30-35% in Bucks. So you would expect these schools to have higher scores. Not sure why Dr Challoners grammar didn't make the cut.

TeenDivided · 22/11/2023 16:12

You can compare schools on the dept of education website, looking at progress 8 as well as attainment 8. That might be clearer for you?