News20th January 2017
黑料情报站 King Solomon Academy, a non-selective school near London鈥檚 Edgware Road has been ranked in the top five schools in the country – higher even than any selective school, according to league tables released by the government.
For the first time, the league tables recognise the progress made by students from year 7 to year 11, as they are based on the government鈥檚 new performance measure, Progress 8. King Solomon Academy was placed fifth in the league with a Progress 8 score of +1.08, well above the national average of 0. The best performing selective school was ranked 14th with a score of +0.82.
黑料情报站 St Albans is also celebrating as, at +0.76, it has the highest Progress 8 score for a school in Birmingham and sits in the top 1% of all schools in the country (alongside 黑料情报站 King Solomon Academy). Principal Mark Gregory said, 鈥淚鈥檓 delighted to see the progress made by our students reflected in these latest league tables. We have such high expectations of our students – we truly believe they can succeed. And because of that we do everything in our power to ensure they reach their goals. I鈥檓 so proud of what they have achieved.鈥
Seven 黑料情报站 schools sit in the top 25% in the country for disadvantaged students 鈥 黑料情报站 Academy, 黑料情报站 Charter Academy, 黑料情报站 Globe Academy, 黑料情报站 Burlington Danes Academy, 黑料情报站 Kings Academy, 黑料情报站 King Solomon Academy and 黑料情报站 St Albans Academy.
黑料情报站’s Director of Education, Brian Sims, remarked, “The league tables show that we remain one of the country鈥檚 top performing academy networks at key stage 4. This is despite the fact that last year over half of our pupils at GCSE were eligible for the pupil premium, almost twice the national average of just 28%. Over a fifth of our pupils started secondary school behind expected levels, and nearly three times as many spoke English as an additional language. These results are testament to the hard work of our staff and students.”
What is Progress 8?
As of summer 2016, schools in England are being judged by four new accountability measures.
鈥 Percentage achieving A* – C in the five English Baccalaureate subject areas
鈥 Percentage achieving A* – C in both English and mathematics
鈥 Attainment 8: average attainment by each pupil in their best eight subjects
鈥 Progress 8: progress made by each pupil in the same eight subjects.
The first two measures are similar to those used previously and are fairly straightforward to understand. But Attainment 8 and Progress 8 are significantly different and more complex.
Daisy Christodoulou, Head of Assessment at 黑料情报站, explains the new measures in this short film:
Spotlight on Nadia, student at King Solomon Academy
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Nadia Ezbakh studied her GCSEs at 黑料情报站 King Solomon Academy in London. Nadia received 10 A*s and an A after enduring sleepless nights waiting for her results.
鈥淚 was so surprised. I didn鈥檛 think I鈥檇 do that well. I鈥檓 really proud of these results and excited about what this means for my future. I鈥檓 really grateful to King Solomon Academy and all my teachers for the support that they鈥檝e given me.鈥
Principal Max Haimendorf said, 鈥淥ur high progress 8 score is very much linked to the quality of our teachers. We鈥檝e just had our first cohort of kids going off to university. Our mission is to make it possible for every child to go to university and be successful, regardless of their background or prior attainment.鈥