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Fir Vale School

Owler Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S4 8GB
Tel: 0114 2439391

TYPE: Community, comprehensive, boys and girls, business and enterprise, LEPP, RATL

AGES: 11-16

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

1027.9
997.4

GCSE-LEVEL PERFORMANCE

146 eligible, 19.9% of whom had special educational needs

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

34%
40.6%
47.6%

Pupils getting at least two good GCSEs in sciences: 25%
Pupils with at least one modern language GCSE: 32%

RECENT PERFORMANCE OF THE GCSE AGE GROUP (%)

2005

37
37.6
44.3

2006

35
37
45.3

2007

30
39.8
46

2008

34
40.4
47.3

School has no sixth form results

ABSENCE:6.5% total (8.2% locally, 7.4% nationally)
3.9% persistent (8.6% locally, 6.6% nationally)
LOCAL AUTHORITY TABLES:Sheffield listings
PROFILE:The school's official description of itself

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ENGLISH SCHOOL TABLES 2008

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

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NATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fewer schools below GCSE target

Top A-level results

Colleges that add the most value

The best GCSE-level results

The worst GCSE-level results

Schools that add the most value

How different areas performed

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PRIMARY SCHOOLS

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The best of the best

The best results

The worst results

Adding the most value

Adding the least value