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Townsend CofE School

High Oaks, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6DR
Tel: 01727 853047

TYPE: Voluntary aided, 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
    996.9
  • Score out of max
    999.8

KEY STAGE 4 to KEY STAGE 5

  • Score out of max
    994.2
  • Score out of max
    1008.5

GCSE-LEVEL PERFORMANCE

146 eligible, 26% 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
    51%
  • Score out of max
    58%
  • Score out of max
    47.6%

Pupils getting at least two good GCSEs in sciences: 47%
Pupils with at least one modern language GCSE: 31%

RECENT PERFORMANCE OF THE GCSE AGE GROUP (%)

2005

  • 54
    Score out of max
  • 50.9
    Score out of max
  • 44.3
    Score out of max

2006

  • 50
    Score out of max
  • 53.5
    Score out of max
  • 45.3
    Score out of max

2007

  • 48
    Score out of max
  • 55.6
    Score out of max
  • 46
    Score out of max

2008

  • 51
    Score out of max
  • 57.6
    Score out of max
  • 47.3
    Score out of max

A/AS-LEVEL PERFORMANCE

42 entrants

AVERAGE A/AS-LEVEL POINTS PER STUDENT IN 2008

SCORE

  • Score out of max
    688.2
  • Score out of max
    732.4
  • Score out of max
    739.8

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

2006

  • 622.7
    Score out of max
  • 695.3
    Score out of max
  • 721.5
    Score out of max

2007

  • 617.7
    Score out of max
  • 713.7
    Score out of max
  • 731.2
    Score out of max

2008

  • 688.2
    Score out of max
  • 732.4
    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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