Exams Results
2024 Headline Results
- Attainment 8 Average Point Score: 58.74
- Pupils attaining a standard pass in English and Maths (grade 4+): 89%
- Pupils attaining a strong pass in English and Maths (grade 5+): 72%
- Pupils entered into the English Baccalaureate: 31%
- English Baccalaureate Average Point Score: 5.22
- Pupils staying in education or employment after KS4: 95% (data for 2020/21 leavers)
Performance Measures
| Performance Measure | 2020* | 2021* | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | 0.45 | 0.76 | 0.43 | 0.43 | TBC |
| Attainment 8 | 55.52 | 57.35 | 57.98 | 57.76 | 58.74 |
| Percentage of pupils achieving 9-5 in English and Maths | 69% | 67% | 70% | 70% | 72% |
| Percentage of pupils achieving 9-4 in English and Maths | 85% | 87% | 83% | 85% | 89% |
| Percentage of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate | 62% | 59% | 43% | 32% | 31% |
| English Baccalaureate Average Point Score | 5.11 | 5.22 | 5.19 | 5.07 | 5.22 |
| English Baccalaureate (Ebacc) Strong Pass | 38% | 34% | 32% | 25% | 23% |
| English Baccalaureate (Ebacc) Standard Pass | 49% | 42% | 37% | 29% | 28% |
| Percentage of pupils staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4 | 96% | 95% |
*During the pandemic the 2020 and 2021 cohorts were awarded with key stage 4 results based on Centre Assessed Grades and Teacher Assessed Grades respectively. As there was no national performance data released for those years our performance measures were calculated internally, for Progress 8 the national coefficients from 2019 were used to calculate the scores.
The Department for Education (DfE) provide data dashboards for schools which provide a snapshot of performance in a school. The dashboard can be used by governors and by members of the public to check performance of the school in which they are interested. The Fernwood School data dashboard from the DfE is available via the link below: