County’s primary school pupils continue to excel
Warwickshire’s primary schools are celebrating another year of impressive Key Stage 2 results and their best ever performance in English and Maths.
The 2007 provisional results, issued today by the Department for Children Schools and Families, show many success stories for Warwickshire schools.
The results of tests taken by 11-year-olds show that Warwickshire pupils achieved particularly good results in English. 84% of Warwickshire pupils gained Level 4 or above, and 38% achieved Level 5 and above. Both of these results were the "best in class" for the county’s statistical neighbours - the group of counties which are similar to Warwickshire that are used by Ofsted inspectors to compare local authority performance.
In Mathematics 79% of pupils reached Level 4 and above compared to the national figure of 77%, and an impressive 90% of pupils performed as well in science compared to 87% nationally. The tables also show the value-added score – a calculation which indicates the progress made by the children from their results at Key Stage 1, aged seven.
Bob Hooper, Head of School Performance at Warwickshire County Council, said: “The council’s focus on literacy and numeracy is really paying off. We are delighted to see that we have achieved ‘best in class’ among our statistical neighbours for English and that we continue to perform above the average for similar counties in mathematics and science. These results are a reflection of all the hard work of primary teachers and their pupils.
“While we are delighted to see such impressive levels of attainment at Key Stage 2, we welcome the inclusion of contextual value added scores which tries to show how much progress children make from their different starting points.”
Some of the schools that have registered a high value added score are as follows. The value added scores are shown as a measure based around 100. Measures above 100 represent schools where pupils on average made more progress than similar pupils nationally.
Bournebrook CofE Primary School, Fillongley – 102
Paddox Primary School, Rugby – 102
Snitterfield Primary School – 102
Eastlands Primary School, Rugby – 102
Our Lady and St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School, Leamington Spa – 102
Bishopton Primary School, Stratford-upon-Avon – 102