GCSE results were of an extremely high standard again in 2017 with over 97% of the new style exams being awarded a “standard pass” or better at the new grade 4 and above.  75% of the cohort achieved a “strong pass” at grade 5 and above in English Language and Mathematics. More pleasingly, at a time of much curriculum reform designed to make examinations more challenging, 50% of the grades achieved in Mathematics alone were grade 7 or above.

Read more about our 2017 GCSE results here.

Exam results are one important measure of a school’s performance and we are proud to report consistently top notch grades.

Hydesville Tower Senior School was ranked as the third highest achieving Secondary school in the borough in the 2017 GCSE league tables published by the Department for Education.  The league tables show that the school’s Attainment 8 score – which gauges achievement across eight qualifications including English and Mathematics –  far exceeds the national average.

Although extremely proud of our position in the GCSE performance tables, there is another measure which is of greater importance to us; the amount of progress each child makes.   ‘Value added’ is a measure of the progress pupils make between different stages of their education; if pupils perform beyond expectations this is reflected in a high ‘value added’ score. The Senior School is within the top three per cent nationally when it comes to adding value to a child’s level of attainment.

Prep School Exam Results

In our Prep School many  children sit the 11 Plus exam and are offered a place at a selective secondary school of their choice.

Their success is due to a combination of natural ability and the teaching and experiences they have received from our Nursery onwards.

The specific 11 Plus preparatory work our experienced teachers deliver from Year 3 gives our pupils a certain advantage.  We are proud of our academic achievements and high quality teaching.

Preparation for 11+ has always been a tradition at Hydesville and a significant number of pupils continue to secure places at our local grammar schools.  We understand that such places are not suitable for all pupils and our regular tracking and monitoring enables us to support all pupils to the journey to success.

In the academic year 2016/17 almost 50% of pupils secured a place at a selective secondary school.

We use a range of formative and summative assessments which are ongoing throughout the year (see our Assessment, Recording and Reporting Policy).   Teachers use these results together with a range of evidence such as GL assessment, unit tests and National Curriculum tests to make a final judgement on attainment at the end of Year 6.

Our GL assessment enables us to check the accuracy of attainment within a national context.

EYFS Profile Results

Our test results in the EYFS profile far exceed the national average; 96% of our children reached a ‘good’ level of development at the end of our EYFS in 2016.  The national average was 69%.

Children are defined as having reached a good level of development at the end of the EYFS if they have achieved at least the expected level in:

• the early learning goals in the prime areas of learning (personal, social and emotional development; physical development; and communication and language)
• the early learning goals in the specific areas of mathematics and literacy.

2017 KS2 Results

Pupils continue to achieve highly and exceed national expectations at the end of Key Stage 2.  The end-of-year results are as follows: