Understanding published school and exam performance results is one of the hardest things I’ve set myself to do. It’s good that the information is online, and that the raw data can be downloaded for detailed study.
I’m sure what parents want to do is to easily compare performance between local schools, which helps them select the best school for their children. You can do this, but it takes time.
Some good news. It seems easier this year to navigate through the Department of Education website. Also they have more factors to help judge performance. While it’s easy to create an online comparison table of local schools, it could be easier. Enough of that. Here are the links to get you to the data quickly, and a table of local school Key Stage 4 [GCSE] results.
- Department of Education: 2011 Performance Tables
- My selection of GCSE results for local schools from D of E website
- My selection of A Level results for local schools from D of E website
- BBC: Q&A on School league tables
- Guardian: Secondary Schools league tables
- Daily Telegraph: Compare your school’s performance
Click on image to expand. It’s an example of the report that can be produced from the Department of Education website.
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