Type of School

AC
Academy. Academies are state funded schools that are independent of local authorities.  Academies are primarily all-ability schools and benefit from greater freedoms and flexibilities which help them to innovate and raise standards.
CY
Community School, maintained by the local authority (LA). The LA is the admissions authority - it has main responsibility for deciding arrangements for admitting pupils.
CYS
Community Special School, maintained by the LA, which is organised to make special educational provision for pupils with special educational needs (SEN)
FD
Foundation School, maintained by the LA. May have a foundation (generally religious) that appoints some - but not most - of the governing body. The governing body is the admissions authority.
FDS
Foundation Special School, maintained by the LA, which is specifically organised to make special educational provision for pupils with SEN.
VA
Voluntary Aided School, maintained by the LA, with a foundation (generally religious) that appoints most of the governing body. The governing body is the admissions authority.
VC
Voluntary Controlled School, maintained by the LA, with a foundation (generally religious) that appoints some - but not most - of the governing body. The LA is the admissions authority.

Other information in the Tables

KS1
Key Stage 1. Key Stage 1 tasks and tests are taken at the end of the Key Stage 1 programme of study, normally in Year 2 when children are seven years old. The tests cover reading, writing and mathematics
KS2
Key Stage 2. Key Stage 2 tests are taken at the end of the Key Stage 2 programme of study, normally in Year 6 when children are 11 years old. Children have to be assessed at working at level 3 or above to take the tests. The subjects covered are English and mathematics.
Eligible pupils
Number of pupils eligible for Key Stage 2 assessment in the 2009/2010 school year. All pupils, including those with SEN, are eligible for assessment under the National Curriculum when they reach the end of Key Stage 2. Most will be aged 11 by the end of the school year, but some will be older or younger. This number includes all eligible pupils on the school roll at the time of the tests in May 2010, regardless of whether or not they sat the tests (some pupils may have been absent or working at the level of the tests but unable to access them).
SEN
Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Inclusion (schools can choose to specialise in one of the four areas of the SEN code of practice
School Action
When a class or subject teacher identifies that a pupil has special educational needs they provide interventions that are additional to or different from those provided as part of the school’s usual differentiated curriculum offer and strategies.
School Action Plus
When the class or subject teacher and the SENCO are provided with advice or support from outside specialists, so that alternative interventions additional or different strategies to those provided for the pupil through School Action can be put in place. The SENCO usually takes the lead although day-to-day provision continues to be the responsibility of class or subject teacher.
LA
Local Authority
R
The school has not confirmed that it has checked the test results
S
School absence rates may have been affected because pupils were unable to attend school due to serious travel disruption caused by snow.
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The school had 10, or fewer, pupils eligible for KS2 assessment at the time of the 2010 tests. Results are not shown because of the risk of an individual pupil’s results being identified; or no absence data is shown where the school has 10, or fewer, day pupils of compulsory school age on roll.
#
Shown for the CVA measure and coverage indicator where schools have less than 50 per cent coverage.
N/A
No results were published for the year in question; or contextual value added information is not applicable; or an absence return is not required (boarding schools and new schools which opened after the start of the academic year).
+
Test results are unavailable for reasons beyond the school’s control. Readers of the Tables should contact the school for full information on estimates of the tests results that were expected to be achieved; or absence rates not published due to missing data or incorrect data return.
@
Absence return not required
Absence
Greater than 0.00% but fewer than 0.05% of half days missed due to absence.
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Boycott school