A new school stats tool.....

[curlew]

here

Interesting to see how many A/As per subject, what subjects the A-Cs were in, and to see whether a subject is popular at the school or not.

Such a good link. Thank you

I'm slightly addicted already...

shame it only pickes up by LEA - like every other search tool - so does not realise that the LEA boundary is 100 yards from my house.

Talkinpeace - it doesn't. Just put in your postcode with the distance box completed and it will show all schools within that distance regardless of LEA as long as you don't fill in the LEA box.

aha, just found it .... and realised that "impact" = VA
so the dire school near me has great "impact" because anything is better than nothing for some of its pupils

Thanks - very interesting!

I don't agree with its impact rating - it has the school I work at as below average impact...we have the 3nd best exam figures in the LA (the only one who is above is selective) even though we have the same profile students as a neighbouring school whose figures are far below (including CVA/Va) and they are rated above average impact....

You can pick schools from different LEAs to compare (up to six) - select then go to start, and your previous selections stay in the box.

The ratings for each subject still don't take into account intake, however, and that's not fair. Even if you have a school with only 10% high attainers (predicted average B) then 12% getting A/A*s in English is still ranked as 'poor'. The teachers would have worked their socks off and raised attainment yet still not get any recognition. How demoralising.

Some schools will stop their 'average' pupils from taking certain subjects if there's too much focus in A/A*. It would show up in Ebacc rates but this tool doesn't give any indication of that. It's probably what some private schools do as they often appear to have poor Ebacc rates despite good grades.

In that sense it's as flawed as the government floor targets for SATs and GCSEs (i.e. if you fall below you are automatically taken over by an academy sponsor - although most schools in this category are already academies anyway). Floor targets do not take account of intake either.