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Secondary Tables Show Knowsley Making The Grade
KNOWSLEY continues to make the grade
according to the Secondary School
league tables published today
(Thursday), with the authority standing
in the top five most improved LEAs in
the country.
GCSE results have improved in Knowsley by more than five times the national average since 2003. This year saw 44.6 per cent of pupils achieving five passes or more A* - C - up from 38.1 per cent last year.
Individually, most schools have seen a significant improvement in performance and in some cases progress has been exceptional. St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School in Prescot this year achieved 73 per cent against 53 per cent last year. And Kirkby’s Brookfield High School has leapt from 31 per cent last year to 50 per cent.
Progress has been due to a collaborative approach to raising standards, with the schools and LEA working in partnership to achieve success. Schools have introduced a number of initiatives to help pupils achieve their full potential.
For example, these have included:
Remodelling of the curriculum to personalised pupils’ learning. Sophisticated target setting systems that track the attainment of progress of all pupils and helped to identify when individuals are under-achieving. Early entry or fast tracking of pupils to GCSE and AS level, and critically a strong learning culture where learning and success are celebrated and rewarded.
Across the collaborative strategies supported by the Council have included:
The Plus One Challenge which offered prizes to pupils who used an online course to push up their grades by at least one level between mock and real exams. Pupils received a personal revision kit and ‘Revisathons’ were held at schools, libraries and city learning centres. There were also exam strategy workshops and for some pupils, master classes in English, Maths and Science. Parentwise workshops helped mums and dads motivate their children and reduce stress in the run-up to the exams.
Damian Allen, Knowsley’s Executive Director of Children’s Services, said: “The schools’ and LEA initiatives were important in driving up results, but so too was the hard work of the pupils and their teachers. We are committed to transforming secondary education in Knowsley for the benefit of our young people and the whole community. Today’s news shows that we are well on track.”
Councillor Larry Nolan, Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning, said: “I send my congratulations to everybody involved from staff and governors to the pupils themselves. These latest achievements show how far we have progressed in improving education in Knowsley in a short space of time.”
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GCSE results have improved in Knowsley by more than five times the national average since 2003. This year saw 44.6 per cent of pupils achieving five passes or more A* - C - up from 38.1 per cent last year.
Individually, most schools have seen a significant improvement in performance and in some cases progress has been exceptional. St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School in Prescot this year achieved 73 per cent against 53 per cent last year. And Kirkby’s Brookfield High School has leapt from 31 per cent last year to 50 per cent.
Progress has been due to a collaborative approach to raising standards, with the schools and LEA working in partnership to achieve success. Schools have introduced a number of initiatives to help pupils achieve their full potential.
For example, these have included:
Remodelling of the curriculum to personalised pupils’ learning. Sophisticated target setting systems that track the attainment of progress of all pupils and helped to identify when individuals are under-achieving. Early entry or fast tracking of pupils to GCSE and AS level, and critically a strong learning culture where learning and success are celebrated and rewarded.
Across the collaborative strategies supported by the Council have included:
The Plus One Challenge which offered prizes to pupils who used an online course to push up their grades by at least one level between mock and real exams. Pupils received a personal revision kit and ‘Revisathons’ were held at schools, libraries and city learning centres. There were also exam strategy workshops and for some pupils, master classes in English, Maths and Science. Parentwise workshops helped mums and dads motivate their children and reduce stress in the run-up to the exams.
Damian Allen, Knowsley’s Executive Director of Children’s Services, said: “The schools’ and LEA initiatives were important in driving up results, but so too was the hard work of the pupils and their teachers. We are committed to transforming secondary education in Knowsley for the benefit of our young people and the whole community. Today’s news shows that we are well on track.”
Councillor Larry Nolan, Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning, said: “I send my congratulations to everybody involved from staff and governors to the pupils themselves. These latest achievements show how far we have progressed in improving education in Knowsley in a short space of time.”
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