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Progression at GCSE

Examining these charts can be useful in predicting future achievement levels. It is possible to look at a year, say 2008 and see what results might be achieved. It is also possible to look at whether a school is improving or not. Whether a schools average is influence by a one off set of bad results, whether the school is consistent or whether its results fluctuate. This is a key element in predicting futre progress and the likly improvement a reorganisation might provide. It is importnat for Northumebrland County Council to provide evidence of the likely improvement by reorganisation and not simply say that there are issues with the current system.

However, this is not an exact science and each year the children at a school may produced significantly better, or worse, results. There are other factors involved such as the percentage of Special Education Needs children, percentage of gifted and talented children, reorganisations, bad weather, and unpredictable events such as Foot & Mouth. The latter affected may rural schools in Northumberland in 2001 and 2002 and the ripple effect of this is still being witnessed in school results as the pupils in those years move through the education system.

The charts for the individual schools showing the basic GCSE A*-C results are shown below. Those for A*-C including English and mathematics are shown here.

Ashington High School

Astley High School

Bedlingtonshire High School

Berwick High School

Blyth Community College

Note: Blyth Community College came into existence in 2001. Results prior to 2001 are and average of the results obtained by the two school which were merged to form Blyth Community College. In 2000 no results were published and for this year the previous year's results have been used.

Coquet High School

Cramlington High School

Duchess's High School

Haydon Bridge High School

The published figures for Haydon Bridge High School are incorrect and the school achieved 66% passes at A*-C which is the figure used in the chart and which will appear in a revision of the DfES figures. Haydon Bridge High School has been acknowledged as one of the most improved schools in the country.