Results reveal ranking
SCHOOL league tables have revealed that Toot Hill School, Bingham, is ranked as the third best school in Nottinghamshire for tests sat by 14 year olds in English, maths and science.
The key stage three scores for year nine pupils, released by the Department for Children, Schools and Families last week, rate Toot Hill as the joint-third best school in the county with a score of 265 out of 300.
In English, maths and science, 90%, 88% and 87% of the 162 pupils tested reached National Curriculum level five, the level expected of 14 year olds.
The school was ranked joint 22nd for its contextual value added score of 99.6.
This shows how much progress pupils have made since entering the school, taking into account previous attainment levels, their scores compared to similarly placed pupils at other schools, and their socio-economic background.
A score of around 100 is the expected level.
The senior deputy head, Mr Rob Whiteley, said: “We have been pleased with the results, but we are not complacent and are looking to improve further.”
He said a key to success was mentoring and intervention.
Mr Whiteley said a computer programme based on the traffic light sytem flagged up any students not reaching their target grades.
He said someone with a green light was on target, an amber light meant they may need a little intervention, and a red light showed a pupil needed substantial intervention.
Mr Whiteley said they had worked hard to improve English attainment and the results reflected the focus on the literacy in the school, helping to underpin achievement across all subjects.
He said they held extra English and maths revision classes outside of normal school hours, which had clearly had an effect.
Radcliffe’s Dayncourt School was ranked 16th in the county with a score of 233.
However, it was third bottom in the county for contextual value added score with 98.1, meaning it was in the bottom 5% nationally.
Newark High School and the Magnus Church of England School, Newark, were ranked among the worst 100 in the country for their key stage three scores.
Newark High was the worst out of the 47 schools in the Nottinghamshire, and among the ten worst-scoring schools nationally.
Only one-third of the pupils assessed achieved level five of the National Curriculum in English.
Magnus School’s score of 164 out of 300 meant it was placed in the bottom 10% of schools nationally.
Both were also in the bottom 5% of schools nationally for their scores regarding contextual value added.
Newark High is set to close in July and will merge with the Grove School, Balderton, which scored 208 out of 300, ranking it 31st out 47 schools.
Southwell Minster had an aggregate score of 277, meaning it was ranked as the second best school in the county.
The number of pupils achieving level five in English, maths and science were 94%, 92% and 91% respectively.
Their scores also show 80% were hitting level six in maths, an achievement expected of 16 year olds.
Schools’ aggregate scores, and their Nottinghamshire ranking out of 47 schools in brackets: Southwell Minster 277 (2); Toot Hill, Bingham 265 (3); Tuxford 250 (9); Sir William Robertson 240 (N/A); All Saints’ Roman Catholic, Mansfield 239 (13); Colonel Frank Seely, Calverton 236 (15); Radcliffe Dayncourt 233 (16); Grove 208 (31); Dukeries College, Ollerton 196 (39); Magnus 164 (45); Newark High 101 (47).
Schools’ contextual value added scores, and their Nottinghamshire ranking out of 47 schools in brackets: Dukeries College, Ollerton 101 (1); Tuxford 100.9 (2) Toot Hill, Bingham 99.6 (22); Sir William Robertson, Welbourn 99.6 (N/A); Colonel Frank Seely, Calverton 99.5 (25); Southwell Minster 99.5 (25); All Saints’ Roman Catholic, Mansfield 98.8 (37); Grove 98.8 (37); Magnus 98.1 (44); Radcliffe Dayncourt 98.1 (44); Newark High 96.7 (47).
