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Secondary16-18The Downs School

last update : (8 May 2013)


School details last update : (27 Feb 2013)


Manor Crescent
Newbury
RG20 6NU
01635 270000
Mrs Valerie Houldey
11
18
Mixed
Foundation School
Comprehensive
110102
No
Yes
Confirmation that school has checked its data (Secondary) Yes
Confirmation that examination information checked (Post-16) No


1163
50.6%
49.4%
6.4%
1.5%
4.8%
9.2%

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2012 KS4 Performance Tables last update : (19 Mar 2013)

Cohort information


Number of pupils at the end of KS4 181
29.3


 Number in cohortPercentage of cohort
11 7%
76 45%
82 49%
3 2%
10 6%

Year on year comparisons


Chart Line Percentage achieving 5+ A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and maths GCSEs2009201020112012
School 71% 74% 76% 70%
LA 54.9% 60.7% 60.1% 57.2%
England - All Schools 49.8% 53.5% 59% 59.4%

KS4 exam results


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
Percentage achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs (or equivalents) including English and maths GCSEs 70% 9% 53% 96%
Percentage achieving A*-C in English and maths GCSEs 71% 9% 53% 96%
29% 0% 12% 51%
Percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A*-C grade GCSEs (or equivalent) 76%   
Percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A*-G grade GCSEs (or equivalent) 99%   
99%   
77 0 18 54
43% 0% 24% 66%

KS4 pupil progress


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
72% 91% 55% 83%
82% 64% 71% 93%
996.3 984.6 978.3 1014.1
986.6 943.7 962.7 999.1
1005.9 1025.5 993.8 1029.1
93%   

KS4 Average Point Scores


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
359.0 251.0 324.5 408.9
349.4 236.0 310.7 403.6
Average grade per qualification  E+ D+ B+
Average grade per GCSE  D- C- A-

KS4 Exam entries


 All pupilsLow attainersMiddle attainersHigh attainers
10.9 9.2 10.5 11.5
8.7 7.7 8.4 9.1

Narrowing the Gap


 Disadvantaged pupilsOther pupils
Number of Pupils 18 163
Percentage of Pupils 10% 90%
Percentage achieving grades A*-C in English and maths GCSEs 22% 76%
Percentage achieving 5+ A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and maths GCSEs 22% 75%
56% 74%
56% 85%
960.3 1000.3
928.3 989.3
992.3 1011.4
10.3 11.0
284.3 367.3

For the purposes of the table Disadvantaged pupils are considered as those eligible for free school meals and children
looked after (ie, In the care of the Local Authority for at least 6 months)


2012 KS5 Performance Tables last update : (13 Mar 2013)


Cohort Information


259
108
108
108

A level Results


89%
100%
803.8
226.3
17%
17%
25%
25%

A level and other academic qualification results


89%
100%
803.8
226.3

A level and equivalent results


91%
100%
826.3
226.9

Year on year comparisons (including equivalences)


 2009201020112012
893.6 894.4 811.9 826.3
219.2 218.5 223.1 226.9

Pupil Absence last update : (13 Mar 2013)


 SchoolEngland - national (secondary state-funded)
4.0% 5.7%
3.1% 6.8%

last update : (24 Jan 2013)


Contextual information


1163.0
4.8%
LOW

Spend per pupil data as £ per pupil (in brackets percentage of total income or expenditure)


 SchoolLA MedianNon-London LAs MedianNational Median
4950 (99%) 5198 5070 5433
65 (1%) 139 148 153
5015 5299 5267 5620
2872 (61%) 3134 2967 3091
31 (1%) 34 78 87
420 (9%) 506 497 556
178 (4%) 222 208 224
25 (1%) 76 66 69
0 (0%) 46 50 58
508 (11%) 465 444 488
30 (1%) 29 40 57
283 (6%) 330 318 340
121 (3%) 80 72 81
82 (2%) 93 81 86
141 (3%) 272 220 231
4691 5196 5148 5502

Spend per pupil data as £ per pupil : Comparisons over time


 2009-102010-112011-12
Chart Line  3125 3246 3292
Chart Line  25 25 31
Chart Line  423 472 508
Chart Line  73 83 82

School Workforce last update : (3 Dec 2012)


 SchoolEngland - national (secondary state-funded)
83 221959
28 65809
44 85744
75.0 206240.3
21.6 50866.6
30.4 70087.5
16.2 15.6
37141 38903

Ofsted Inspection last update : (8 May 2013)


21 November 2007
2
Link to Ofsted inspection report