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Secondary Schools (KS3) Achievement and Attainment Tables 2007

Type of school

AC
Publicly funded independent school offering free education to pupils of all abilities, established by sponsors from business, faith or voluntary groups working in partnership with central Government and local education partners.
CTC
City Technology College or City College for the Technology of the Arts, independent all-ability, non fee-paying school offering pupils the opportunity to study a curriculum geared, with the help of private sector sponsors, towards the world of work.
CY
Community School, maintained by the Local Authority (LA). The LA is the admission authority - it has main responsibility for deciding arrangements for admitting pupils.
CYS
Community Special School, maintained by the LA, which is organised to make special educational provision for pupils with special educational needs (SEN).
FD
Foundation School, maintained by the LA. It may have a foundation (generally religious) that appoints some - but not most - of the governing body. The governing body is the admission authority.
FDS
Foundation Special School, maintained by the LA, which is specifically organised to make special educational provision for pupils with SEN.
VA
Voluntary Aided school, maintained by the LA, with a foundation (generally religious) that appoints most of the governing body. The governing body is the admission authority.
VC
Voluntary Controlled school, maintained by the LA, with a foundation (generally religious) which appoints some - but not most - of the governing body. The LA is the admission authority.

Admissions Basis

COMP
Comprehensive - takes all pupils, generally regardless of ability (though in some circumstances some comprehensives may select for a small number of places by aptitude or ability).
MOD
Modern - a school, generally in a selective area, which takes pupils regardless of ability.
N / A
(not applicable) FE sector college - takes students regardless of ability or aptitude.
SEL
Selective - a school which takes pupils selected for high ability; also known as a grammar school.

Specialist Schools (as designated under the specialist school programme)

A
Arts
B&E
Business and enterprise
E
Engineering
H
Humanities
L
Language
M&C
Mathematics and computing
Mu
Music
Sp
Sports
Sc
Science
T
Technology
V
Vocational
SEN BES
SEN Specialism Behaviour Emotional and Social Development
SEN C&I
SEN Specialism Communication and Interaction
SEN C&L
SEN Specialism Cognition and Learning
SEN S&P
SEN Specialism Sensory and/or Physical Needs
LePP
Leading Edge
RATL
Raising Achievement Transforming Learning
Ts
Training School
YST
Youth Sport Trust (YST) School Consultant Programme

Others

LA
Local Authority
R
The school has not confirmed that it has checked the test results
B
The school has not confirmed that it has checked the background information
+
KS3 test results are unavailable for reasons beyond the school's control. Readers of the Tables should contact the school for full information on estimates of the tests results of the tests results that were expected to be achieved.
#
Contextual value added measure has been suppressed because coverage is less than 50%
N/A
Not available/Not applicable
?
KS3 test results in a subject are wholly missing
NE
Not entered