Validated league tables from the Department for Education confirm Avonbourne students performing well above national average on key measures
~ Avonbourne Girls’ Academy placed in top 20 schools nationally ~
Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies in Bournemouth have had their high academic standards validated today as the Department for Education publishes its Performance Tables for Summer 2022. Today’s validated tables, which are the first for two years, show that both Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies received excellent Progress 8 scores placing them amongst the best schools in the country.
Progress 8 is a national measure which calculates the average progress students make by GCSE, compared with other similar schools. A progress score that meets the national average is set at 0 each year, with anything higher reflecting value added to a student’s achievements during their time at school.
In 2022, Avonbourne Girls’ achieved a Progress 8 score of +1.16 whilst the Boys’ Academy achieved a score of +0.44. The Girls’ Academy’s score places it second in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch and 19th in the country as a whole.
Michelle Dyer, Principal at Avonbourne Girls’ and Boys’ Academies, said:
“It is fantastic to see our academies performing so well and I want to congratulate our students once again on their achievements last summer. Across our academies, we seek to give our students the right combination of challenge and support so that they can make excellent progress and achieve the qualifications they need to pursue their career of choice. Despite the challenges of the previous two years, our students – ably supported by our dedicated staff – worked incredibly hard to achieve such impressive results.
“We are determined to build on these results next summer and are giving our current Year 11 students all the support and encouragement they need to secure the grades we know they are capable of achieving.”
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