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Pensby High School for Girls

Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 6XN
Tel: 0151 6481941

TYPE: Community, secondary modern, girls, business and enterprise, science

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
    997.5
  • Score out of max
    1009.4

KEY STAGE 4 to KEY STAGE 5

  • Score out of max
    955.3
  • Score out of max
    990.3

GCSE-LEVEL PERFORMANCE

138 eligible, 8.7% 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
    57%
  • Score out of max
    50.2%
  • Score out of max
    47.6%

Pupils getting at least two good GCSEs in sciences: 69%
Pupils with at least one modern language GCSE: 30%

RECENT PERFORMANCE OF THE GCSE AGE GROUP (%)

2005

  • 58
    Score out of max
  • 45.2
    Score out of max
  • 44.3
    Score out of max

2006

  • 56
    Score out of max
  • 46.3
    Score out of max
  • 45.3
    Score out of max

2007

  • 52
    Score out of max
  • 48.3
    Score out of max
  • 46
    Score out of max

2008

  • 56
    Score out of max
  • 50.1
    Score out of max
  • 47.3
    Score out of max

A/AS-LEVEL PERFORMANCE

41 entrants

AVERAGE A/AS-LEVEL POINTS PER STUDENT IN 2008

SCORE

  • Score out of max
    457.7
  • Score out of max
    735.3
  • Score out of max
    739.8

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

2006

  • 460.7
    Score out of max
  • 729.3
    Score out of max
  • 721.5
    Score out of max

2007

  • 507.6
    Score out of max
  • 725.7
    Score out of max
  • 731.2
    Score out of max

2008

  • 457.7
    Score out of max
  • 735.3
    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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