Stantonbury Campus - Achievement and Standards

Achievement and Standards

Students' achievement is satisfactory. When students arrive in Year 7 their attainment is below average and they make satisfactory progress through Key Stages 3 and 4. A noticeable number of students have limited competence in written and oral communication when they start at the campus. The campus has identified this group, which consists mostly of boys, and has begun to support their needs more effectively by extra literacy lessons and in-class support. A number of students arrive after the beginning of Year 7, including growing numbers who speak English as an additional language. They are supported extremely well and make excellent progress. Faculty leaders can demonstrate improvements in standards for these students as a consequence of this support. Standards at GCSE were below national averages in 2007 and 2008, and the campus is seeking to narrow this gap by introducing better tracking and monitoring procedures. Current data show that standards are now better in Key Stage 4 than they were this time last year.