Wye School tops the league again.
Department for Education Performance Tables 2024
The government has published their league tables for our GCSE results last year this month. I told you in the summer that we were very proud of how our 2023/24 cohort of Year 11s did, and the league tables make me very proud indeed. Wye School was above the Kent and England average for all the main measures.
Results at KS4 for 2023/24:
Progress 8: +0.35 Above average for England (-0.03) and Kent (-0.15)
Attainment 8: 48.9 Above average for England (45.9) and Kent (47)
Entering Ebacc: 73% Above average for England (40.4%) and Kent (45.9%)
Staying in Education or Entering Employment: 95% Above average for England (93%) and Kent (94%)
Grade 5+ in English & Maths: 48.4% Above average for England (45.9%) and Kent (47.9%)
Grade 4+ in English & Maths: 73.8% Above average for England (65%) and Kent (66.1%)
Ebac Average Point Score: 4.66 Above average for England (4.07) and Kent (4.21)
Local Context
As you know, Kent is a selective county, so the expectation is that grammar schools have the highest performing students and so the top positions in all the league tables. We set out on founding to be a free school that bucked that trend and brought a strong academic education to all students. From our first set of results we had attainment that was above the England average, despite being a non-selective school. And our Progress 8, a measure of how well students of all abilities do, has always been positive, in a county where almost all non-selectives are negative. This year we had the 3rd highest P8 figure of any non-selective in Kent, and there are over 70, and are the only non-selective with a positive P8 score in Ashford, Maidstone, Canterbury or Folkestone. We were also the highest performing of the four new Free Schools in Kent. We had a higher P8 score than 9 grammar schools in Kent, including 3 local(ish) to Wye, and 1 local private school.
https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/139664/wye-school/secondary