What makes your secondary school great
Helping your community understand what makes your school great, whatever your context
Too often a school is summed up by its cover, but WhatSchool has read the pages. Through WhatSchool Celebrates, we help remind you and your community of what makes your school special - what you’re doing great at when compared with other schools in your town, across your local authority, nationally, or with schools facing a similar context to yours.
If you think there’s something we’re missing, let us know.
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Earned in tiers - Top 1%, 5% or 10% - across your local authority, nationally, or compared with similar schools, plus a clear rank in your town.
Top 10%Strong GCSE attainment across the best eight subjects (Attainment 8).
Top 10%Strength across the English Baccalaureate subjects.
Top 10%Grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.
Top 10%Strong overall attendance across the school year.
Top 10%How well the school's disadvantaged pupils do at GCSE.
Top 10%Absence falling the most since before the pandemic.
Top 10%Generous teaching capacity - pupils per teacher.
Top 10%Strong support staffing - pupils per support adult.
Top 10%Healthy reserves as a share of spending.
Top 10%Pupils entered for a GCSE language.
Top 10%A-level results - average points per entry in the sixth form.
Top 10%How far sixth formers progress from their GCSE starting points (value-added).
Top 10%Leavers going on to a sustained destination - education, work or training.
Top 10%Leavers going into apprenticeships.
Top 10%Sixth-form leavers progressing to higher education.
Top 10%Suspensions and exclusions falling the most year on year.
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A high bar met - we state the true figure, never a rank.
100% agreeParents agree their child is happy at school.
100% agreeParents agree their child feels safe at school.
100% recommendParents would recommend the school to others.
100% agreeThe school keeps its teaching team year on year.
AchievedA calm, settled year - no suspensions or exclusions.
100% agreeParents agree the school has high expectations for their child.
100% agreeParents agree the school supports their child's wider personal development.
100% agreeParents of children with SEND agree their child gets the support they need.
100% agreeParents who raised a concern agree it was dealt with properly.
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