In The Press
Pay Schools In The Big League
From Western Daily Press Sat 30 Aug, 2008
From the Western Daily PressSaturday 30 August 2008 Pay Schools in the Big League The Royal High School, in Bath, is top of the class in the West and is ranked ninth in the country for its GCSE results. Schools are ranked by a point score showing the average GCSE points achieved per candidate. Of the 104 pupils who took GCSE exams, 67 per cent were awarded A or A* grades, and 97 per cent achieved grades A* to C. Principal James Graham-Brown said while he was proud of his pupils’ achievement, league tables were not the best way of measuring a school’s success. He said: “It’s fantastic. We are very proud of our students and staff and their parents. We have far too many exams these days. I feel for them and all their sacrifices.” “I’m pleased they are rewarded. But saying that, I hate league tables. We may be top this year, but we are only as good as our year intake. The thing that we are most proud of is our value-added score.”
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