GCSE league tables released

Adam Hewitt • Published 13 Jan 2010 15:00 0 Comments

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GSCE league tables released today show Reading's John Madejski Academy (JMA) still struggling to hit Government targets.

Schools where 30% of pupils fail to get five A*-C grades, including English and Maths, face the threat of closure within a year if they do not improve, and the JMA in Hartland Road is at 18% for 2009's GCSEs. This is down from 23% the year before, but up from 7% in 2007. All other schools Reading borough were above the 30% target.

Lib Dem group leader and education spokeswoman Cllr Kirsten Bayes said: "Many pupils and staff have worked hard to achieve good results. However, looking at the comprehensive schools and academies in the borough, only 40% of students got five good GCSEs including English and Maths. At schools in the south of Reading this dropped to 30%. The Labour-run Council should be aiming to do much, much better than this and yet these figures show that progress has not only stalled - in south Reading it is going backwards."

Full Reading borough results:

The Abbey School - 99%

Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School - 34%

The Elvian School - 71%

Hemdean House School - 75%

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre - 61%

John Madejski Academy - 18%

Kendrick School - 99%

Leighton Park School - 91%

Prospect School - 36%

Queen Anne's School - N/A

Reading Girls' School - 37%

Reading School - 100%

St Joseph's Convent School - 100%

Reading borough average - 52.9%

England (maintained schools only) - 50.7%

England (all schools) - 49.8%

In Wokingham borough, every school beat the 30% Government's GCSE target of five A*-C grades, including English and Maths.

Bearwood College - 87%

The Bulmershe School - 45%

The Emmbrook School - 54%

Forest School - 73%

The Holt School - 78%

Luckley-Oakfield School - 100%

Maiden Erlegh School - 74%

The Piggott School - 72%

Reading Blue Coat School - N/A

Ryeish Green School - 36%

St Crispin's School - 59%

Waingels College - 67%

Wokingham borough average - 63.2%

In West Berkshire, lead councillor for children and young people, Barbara Alexander, said: "I would like to congratulate all the schools and students who have achieved excellent results. There is always a lot of hard work behind these figures and everyone involved can be very proud of themselves. Obviously I am disappointed that some results are not as good as we might have hoped, but every effort is being made to ensure that this summer's results are much improved."

The results in the eastern half of the district:

Bradfield College - N/A

Denefield School - 43%

Little Heath School - 61%

Padworth College - N/A

Pangbourne College - 68%

Theale Green Community School - 55%

The Willink School - 66%

West Berkshire average - 54.9%

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