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Why Year 11 students' progress is 0.17 (sig+), not as shown in Performance Tables?
Why do the Performance Tables show Cheam's progress in line with national expectations when the school is above average?
The Performance Tables use Year 10 results; these are what our Year 11 group achieved in Summer 2015 half way through their courses when they were in Year 10.
What are the results that students achieved at the end of Year 11?
The results on the school website are the results that the students achieved at the end of Year 11. Cheam High School students achieved 77% C+ in English and Mathematics and 74% 5+A* - C including English and Mathematics. English results were 84% C+ and Mathematics were 85% C+. Progress figures were 0.17, above average, and students of all abilities (both boys and girls) achieved well. More detail can be found on our website here.
Why do the government tables show the wrong figures?
The government tables show the very first result achieved in an examination NOT the final result in the examination. This is because the government does not like schools to allow students to have more than one entry and wishes to discourage this by publishing the lower results. We believe that this punishes us for putting students’ best interests first and have decided to take the “hit” rather than limit our students’ future options.
Why does the school give students the chance to take the English and Mathematics more than once?
We believe that this gives our students the best grades by the time they get to the end of Year 11. Our rationale can be found here on the National Performance Tables pages.