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The DEPARTMENT for Education has published the progress scores for the region’s schools and colleges A-level results.

Schools and colleges are now primarily judged on the progress students make rather than simply on the grades they achieve. 

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Progress scores indicate how much progress students made between the end of Year 11 and the end of their A-level studies. Progress scores are statistically calculated by comparing students with similar national academic attainment in their GCSEs with what they then achieved in their A-levels.

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A score of zero indicates that students, on average, made the same progress as students of similar ability nationwide. On a sliding scale, a score above zero means students made more progress, on average, than students across England who got similar results at the end of Year 11. A score below zero indicates students on average made less progress.

The News has produced a summary of progress scores for the region’s colleges and schools. 

The overall average A-level grade for Portsmouth state funded schools was C- compared to the national average of a C+. The mean result for Hampshire was in line with national attainment with students on average also attaining a grade C+. 

STATE SCHOOLS

Bay House School – Progress score 0.39. Average grade C+.

Highbury College – Progress score -0.43. Average grade D.

Havant and South Downs College - Progress score -0.06. Average grade C.

Oaklands Catholic School – Progress score -0.17. Average grade C.

Portsmouth College – Progress score -0.27. Average grade C-.

Ark Charter Academy – Progress score 0.49. Average grade D+.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

St John’s College – Progress score 0.62. Average grade C+.

Portsmouth Grammar School – Progress score 0.14. Average grade B+.

Meoncross School – Progress score 0.02. Average grade - NA.

Portsmouth High School – Progress score -0.43. Average grade B-.

 

 

 

 

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