Hayesfield tops GCSE rankings
Hayesfield Girls School is the best performing school in Bath and North East Somerset based on GCSE results.
School league tables based on the Attainment 8 measure were published on Tuesday.
The measure is an average score across eight subjects taken at GCSE, which will include English, maths and a range of other subjects - the higher, the better.
Across Bath and North East Somerset, the average attainment 8 score was 48.3, while it was 46.4 for pupils across all state-funded schools in England.
Hayesfield Girls School got 60.2 points per pupil on this measure in the 2018 GCSES, according to figures released by the Department for Education.
It was also the school where pupils made the most progress between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4, based on Progress 8 scores.
The school’s Progress 8 score was 0.73, which was well above average compared to other schools across England.
Progress 8 is a type of value added measure, which means pupils’ results are compared to the progress of other pupils nationally with similar prior attainment.
This year, 70 per cent of pupils at Hayesfield Girls School got strong passes in the new 1-9 grading system for English and maths, the highest proportion in the area.
Hayesfield Girls School also saw the highest percentage of pupils locally achieve the English Baccalaureate, with 62% passing all of the subjects that make up the Ebacc with at least a Grade 4 or Grade C.
The Ebacc includes qualifications in English language and literature, maths, the sciences, geography or history, and a language.
Headteacher, Emma Yates, said: “We are thrilled to be placed in the top 3% of schools nationally in the Department for Education’s School Performance Tables.
“Being a girls’ school is central to our academic success – all the research shows that young girls flourish in single sex education. A consistent focus on marrying high quality teaching with developing the character of our students has ensured that they gain the skills and attitudes needed to achieve examination success.”