Secondary School (GCSE and equivalent) achievement and attainment tables 2007
Abbreviations and their meanings
Type of institution
- AC
- Academy, publicly funded independent school offering free education to students 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 students 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 students.
- CYS
- Community special school, maintained by the LA, which is specially organised to make special educational provision for students with special educational needs.
- FD
- Foundation school, maintained by the LA. Some may have a foundation (generally religious) which 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 specially organised to make special educational provision for students with special educational needs.
- IND
- Registered independent school, normally charging fees.
- IND (SS)
- Independent school, approved under the Education Act 1996 to take students who have statements of special educational needs.
- NMSS
- Non-maintained special school, approved by the Secretary of State under the Education Act 1996, which is specially organised to make special educational provision for students with special educational needs.
- 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) that appoints some - but not most - of the governing body. The LA is the admissions authority.
Admissions Basis
- COMP
- Comprehensive - takes all students, usually regardless of their ability, aptitude, or whether they have been selected for a place at a selective school.
- MOD
- Modern - takes students regardless of their ability or aptitude and who have not been selected for a place at a selective school.
- NON SEL
- Non-selective - independent school which takes students usually regardless of their ability or aptitude.
- SEL
- Selective - takes students depending on their ability or aptitude and also known as a grammar school.
- N/A
- Not Applicable.
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- Some schools have dual admission arrangements which are partly selective and partly comprehensive. They are not separately identified in the tables.
Specialist Schools (as designated under the specialist school programme)
- A
- Arts
- B&E
- Business and Enterprise
- E
- Engineering
- H
- Humanities
- L
- Languages
- M&C
- Mathematics and Computing
- Mu
- Music
- Sc
- Science
- Sp
- Sports
- 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
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- Specialist schools are marked in the achievement and attainment tables with the specialisms, for example Sp, T. Where schools have a combined specialism and/or high performing specialist schools options these are also shown in the tables.
Other information in the Tables
- LA
- Local Authority
- GCSE
- General Certificate of Secondary Education
- GNVQ
- General National Vocational Qualification
- KEY SKILL
- Key Skills at Levels 1 and 2
- NVQ
- National Vocational Qualifications at Levels 1 and 2
- VRQ
- Vocationally Related Qualifications at Levels 1 & 2
- Entry
- Achievement below Level 1
- Level AS
- Advanced Subsidiary - Level 3 qualification
- R
- The school has not confirmed that it has checked the examination results
- B
- The school has not confirmed that it has checked the background information

- Fewer than 0.05% of half days missed due to absence

- Member pf sixth form centre/consortium

- The school has students aged 16-18. Relevant results are in the 2007 Post-16 Tables
- #
- Contextual Value added measure has been suppressed because coverage is less than 50%
- NIR
- No information received
- N/A
- Not available/Not applicable
- NE
- Not entered
- NP
- Not published
- -
- no GCSE and equivalent entries
- SAP
- School Action Plus
- SA
- School Action
- Q
- This data item is under query and will be replaced after investigation.