Good news from local schools
Remember I posted about my local secondary school, Peers, going into special measures after getting one in five of its pupils through five good GCSEs? Well, in the results out today, they’ve made a substantial improvement, with 26% of this year’s pupils reaching that benchmark. Congratulations, and let’s hope it’s just the start.
In today’s Oxford Mail, the head teacher says:
“We would have been happy with 23 per cent of pupils achieving A* to C and really happy with 25 per cent, so we’re absolutely delighted to achieve 26 per cent. These are the best results for several years.
I think the turnaround has been attention to detail and keeping a close track on how all the children and teachers are doing.
We have got a long way to go, but we’re on an upward trajectory. There’s a really good plan in place for next year and we’re in the process of securing resources to help us put it into place.”
Regardless of whether one attributes national “rising standards” to an actual improvement or to grade inflation, a school which improves by significantly more than the average is clearly doing something right.