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London's best school for progression have been revealed in a new study. The School Attainment Report, created by Non-Stop Kids and Online Marketing Surgery, ranks secondary schools in London based on their average Progress 8 score.
This score is a way of measuring the progress that pupils make from the end of Key Stage 2 to the end of Key Stage 4. Key Stage 2 is normally known as Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6, while Key Stage 4 is normally known as Year 10 and Year 11.
Progress 8 is calculated by taking a pupil’s best-scoring subjects at GCSEs alongside maths, English and the sciences and working out their attainment on average compared to their peers in primary school. The School Attainment Report does not include special education schools.
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The average is set at zero, with scores above zero indicating a higher than average progress made. When a score is below zero it shows that less progress has been made than what is expected.
The report is compiled from Gov.uk data from last year's GCSE results, with Progress 8 scores indicating the amount of help each secondary school gave pupils to improve their overall grades.
In London, Michaela Community School in Brent had the highest Progress 8 score in the city, being 2.37 above the average of zero. This is the school called 'Britain's strictest school' where pupils sing the national anthem and can't sit with their friends at lunch.
Next on the list was Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School in Hackney with a score of 1.65, followed by Sacred Heart Catholic School in Southwark with a score of 1.38. The top five schools are rounded out by Menorah High School for Girls in Barnet - 1.37 above average - and Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls) in Stamford Hill - 1.34 above average.
On the other side, the school in London with the lowest Progress 8 score average was South Bank Utc in Lambeth which had a score of -1.59. Next was Global Academy in Hillingdon at -1.41, followed by Kemnal Technology College in Bromley at -1.27.
Below is a full table of the top 10 scores for the highest and lowest Progress 8 scores in the capital. The data does not include every school in London, with 495 out of 985 schools included and special education schools not included. The number of pupils refers to those at the end of Key Stage 4.
Top 10 schools in London with the highest progress 8 score average
Michaela Community School, Brent: 2.37 with 121 pupils
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School, Hackney: 1.65 with 63 pupils
Sacred Heart Catholic School, Southwark: 1.38 with 129 pupils
Menorah High School for Girls, Barnet: 1.37 with 53 pupils
Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls), Hackney: 1.34 with 20 pupils
Ealing Fields High School, Ealing: 1.34 with 113 pupils
Ada Lovelace Church of England High School, Ealing: 1.33 with 118 pupils
Wilson's School, Sutton: 1.33 with 184 pupils
St Mark's Catholic School, Hounslow: 1.3 with 184 pupils
Swanlea School, Tower Hamlets: 1.27 with 208 pupils
Top 10 schools in London with the lowest progress 8 score average
South Bank Utc, Lambeth: -1.59 with 23 pupils
Global Academy, Hillingdon: -1.41 with 58 pupils
Kemnal Technology College, Bromley: -1.27 with 71 pupils
Space Studio West London, Hounslow: -1.20 with 38 pupils
Archbishop Tenison's School, Lambeth: -1.17 with 62 pupils
King Henry School, Bexley: -0.97 with 283 pupils
Welling School, Bexley: -0.97 with 283 pupils
Lammas School and Sixth Form, Waltham Forest: -0/83 with 122 pupils
Trinity Academy, Lambeth: -0/82 with 117 pupils
Royal Greenwich Trust School, Greenwich: -0.81 with 146 pupils
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