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Walsall Academy

Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LX
Tel: 01922 493910

TYPE: Academy, comprehensive, boys and girls

AGES: 11-18

Ranking

How well this school did compared with others in the area at:

KEY:

  • This institution
  • LA average
  • National average

Bar charts show performance relative to the worst/best

What these figures mean

PUPILS' IMPROVEMENT: CONTEXTUAL VALUE ADDED

KEY STAGE 2 to KEY STAGE 4

SCORE

  • Score out of max
    1007.3
  • Score out of max
    992.4

KEY STAGE 4 to KEY STAGE 5

  • Score out of max
    945
  • Score out of max
    988.9

GCSE-LEVEL PERFORMANCE

179 eligible, 9% of whom had special educational needs

PUPILS WITH EQUIVALENT OF FIVE OR MORE GCSES GRADE C OR ABOVE INCLUDING ENGLISH AND MATHS

  • Score out of max
    49%
  • Score out of max
    40.6%
  • Score out of max
    47.6%

Pupils getting at least two good GCSEs in sciences: 61%
Pupils with at least one modern language GCSE: 26%

RECENT PERFORMANCE OF THE GCSE AGE GROUP (%)

2005

  • 21
    Score out of max
  • 35
    Score out of max
  • 44.3
    Score out of max

2006

  • 24
    Score out of max
  • 34.8
    Score out of max
  • 45.3
    Score out of max

2007

  • NA
  • 35.5
    Score out of max
  • 46
    Score out of max

2008

  • 48
    Score out of max
  • 40.4
    Score out of max
  • 47.3
    Score out of max

A/AS-LEVEL PERFORMANCE

71 entrants

AVERAGE A/AS-LEVEL POINTS PER STUDENT IN 2008

SCORE

  • Score out of max
    516.1
  • Score out of max
    627
  • Score out of max
    739.8

RECENT PERFORMANCE OF THE A/AS-LEVEL GROUP (POINTS)

2006

  • 649.8
    Score out of max
  • 645.7
    Score out of max
  • 721.5
    Score out of max

2007

  • 537.1
    Score out of max
  • 650.2
    Score out of max
  • 731.2
    Score out of max

2008

  • 516.1
    Score out of max
  • 627
    Score out of max
  • 739.8
    Score out of max

KEY:

  • This institution
  • LA average
  • National average

Bar charts show performance relative to the worst/best

What these figures mean

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