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1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Head Teacher Questionnaire, 1986

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Variablehtq28_o
LabelQ28 Comments re academic level of pupils compared to national average
Question text In the next six questions we are asking you to estimate the distribution of certain characteristics of your school population and parents in the following categories. General academic level of pupils (compated with 'National Average'). Comments.
Responses
"NATIONAL AVERAGE"? 75% OBTAIN 5 OR MORE O LEVELS/60% 8+. 3
% VARIES YEARLY ON INTAKE 2
'CREAMING' DUE TO LOCAL GRAMMAR & INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS. RESULT OF BAD EDUCATION PLANNING BY DIOCESE & LEA. POOR DECISIONS OF MINISTER 1
'NORMAL'SPREAD OF NON-VERBAL IQ BUT 2/3 OF INTAKE HAVE READING AGE BELOW CHRONOLOGICAL AGE 5
1 PUPIL HONG KONG NATIONAL NATIVE CHINESE SPEAKER VERY POOR LITERACY IN ENGLISH 6
10% COME FROM BLIND DEPT / 90% COME FROM DEAF DEPT - DUE TO NATURE OF THEIR LANGUAGE 1
100% AVERAGE/BELOW AVERAGE. 1
1985 INTAKE HAD 45% OF PUPILS FROM OUTSIDE CATCHMENT AREA. 4
2 "SUPER SELECTIVE" SCHOOLS (GIRLS BOYS) CREAM OFF ABOUT 180 5
20% OF SCOTTISH SCHOOL PUPILS ATTAIN UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE QUALIFICATIONS. IN THIS SCHOOL 26% 1
200+ SQ ML CATCHMENT AREA: SPARSE RURAL; SMALL URBAN; LARGE TOWN COMMUTER BELT; SPECIALIST CONCENTRATION E.G B TELECOM/HR/RESEARCH 4
28.3% GAIN 5 OR MORE O LEVELS - 121/185 GAIN 1 "O" LEVEL OR MORE 5
30% + ALREADY CREAMED INTO GRAMMAR SCHOOLS 1
38% OF LAST YEAR'S FIFTH YEAR PUPILS GAINED 5 OR MORE "O" LEVELS OR GRADE 1 CSE'S 5
40% OF INTAKE HAS READING AGE BELOW 9 YRS AT 11+ YEARS 6
43% OF LAST YEARS 5TH YEAR GAINED 5 OR MORE `O' LEVELS 1
5 INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS WITHIN 5 MILE RADIUS 70 ASSISTED PLACES WITHIN 1/2 A MILE 2
50%+ PUPILS IN EACH YEAR GROUP ACHIEVE THE EQUIVALENT OF 5 OR MORE 'O' LEVEL SUCCESSES AT GRADE C OR HIGHER. (NATIONAL AVERAGE IS BELOW 20%) 4
66 PUPILS OBTAINED 5 O LEVEL PASSES OR MORE LAST YEAR 6
7% SELECTIVE INTAKE 1
95% OF CATCHMENT AREA COUNCIL ESTATES 6
A COMPLETE RANGE. I WOULD THINK A PRETTY NORMAL CURVE. SOME HAVE LANGUAGE PROBLEMS EVEN IF OF NORMAL INTELLIGENCE 3
A FAIRLY HIGH PERCENTAGE UNDERACHIEVE THROUGH LACK OF PARENTAL AMBITION & DRIVE IN THIS 'COMFORTABLE' RURAL COMMUNITY 1
A FAIRLY NORMAL BUT CREAMED BY INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS STOCKPORT 3
A GUESS 8
A GUESSTIMATE. 2
A MIDDLE CLASS SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL CATCHMENT AREA 2
A NEGATIVELY SKEWED INTAKE 7
A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION WITH SLIGHTLY FEWER EXTREMELY ABLE - BUT MORE AT AVERAGE & AV PLUS 3
A NORMAL SKEW ALTHOUGH CERTAIN YRS DO VARY CONSIDERABLY 2
A PRETTY STIFF ENTRANCE EXAMINATION "SELECTS" A HIGH NUMBER OF CLEVER AND VERY CLEVER PUPILS 6
A SELECTIVE GRAMMAR SCHOOL BUT WITH QUITE A WIDE ABILITY LEVEL IN TERMS OF THAT 4
A SELECTIVE SCHOOL 3
A SELECTIVE SCHOOL TAKING IN 30% OF THE AGE GROUP ANUALLY 1
A TYPICAL DISTRIBUTION OWING TO VOLUNTARY AIDED STATUS OF SCHOOL DRAWING FROM WIDE CATCHMENT AREA 4
ABOUT 60% OF OUR PUPILS ARE OF BELOW AVERAGE ABILITY AND/OR ARE UNDERACHIEVING 5
ABOUT IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER! WHAT ARE THE NORM? WHERE IS THE INFORMATION UPON WHICH TO HAVE AN ANSWER? 5
ABOVE AVERAGE EXAM RESULTS FOR SCHOOL WITH 40% "CREAM OFF" TO GRAMMAR SCHOOLS 3
ABOVE AVERAGE RESULTS SUGGEST A SKEW 8
ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGE BUT CANNOT GIVE FIGURES 8
ABSOLUTELY NO WAY OF TELLING 1
ACADEMIC ABILITY & EXPECTATIONS ARE SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE. 3
ACADEMICALLY SKEWED INTAKE - COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL DEVELOPED FROM GRAMMAR SCHOOL 2
ACCORDING TO OUR OWN TESTS OUR YR COHORTS ARE REASONABLY AVERAGE AND ANY SKEW IN ONE YEAR TENDS TO EVEN OUT IN THE NEXT 5
ACCURATE INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE 2
ADMISSION TO SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE LEA IS BASED ON SELECTIVE SYSTEM - THIS IS A MODERN SCHOOL HENCE CATEGORIES 3/4/5 APPLY 1
AGE REFERENCING NOT SOMETHING WE DO BUT WE ARE A GRAMMAR SCHOOL - AV NO OF O LEVEL PASSES THIS SUMMER 7+ 1
ALL BOYS MANY BEHIND WITH READING AT TRANSFER. SOME 30% OF ENTRY HAVE SAME REMEDIAL ASSISTANCE. 3
ALL ESNS 1
ALL PUPILS CAN READ AND WRITE AND ARE REASONABLY NUMERATE 4
ALL PUPILS HAVE COMPLEX LEARING DIFFICULTIES AND SEVERE PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT - MANY WITH MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM 2
ALL PUPILS MORE ABLE THAN CSE GRADE 4 IN SOME SUBJECTS 1
ALL PUPILS SEVERELY (EDUCATIONALLY) SUBNORMAL 2
ALL PUPILS TAKE O LEVELS AVERAGING OVER 7 PER HEAD 2
ALL PUPILS WITH MODERATE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES 1
ALL PUPILS WITHIN TOP 30% OF THE ABILITY RANGE 5
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSESS OBJECTIVELEY WITHOUT A MASSIVE FACT-FINDING EXERCISE 4
ALTHOUGH A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL THERE ARE TWO GRAMMAR SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN AND PARENTS CAN OPT IN OR OUT OF 11 PLUS SELECTION PROCEDURES 2
ALTHOUGH A GRAMMAR SCHOOL WE TAKE FROM A WIDE RANGE OF ABILITY - FROM ABOUT 103 VRQ 1
AN INCREASINGLY LOW ABILITY INTAKE 1
AN INTAKE THAT IS BASICALLY CONSIDERABLY MORE ABLE THAN THE AVERAGE 4
ANALYSIS BASED ON RESULTS OF TESTS FROM VARIOUS FEEDER PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN ONE INTAKE - THERE COULD BE SOME DIFFERENCES IN ASSESSMENT 3
ANNUAL VARIATIONS CONSIDERABLE - GENERALIZATION IMPOSSIBLE 6
APPROXIMATE 6
APPROXIMATE ONLY - SOME VARIATION BETWEEN YEARS. 5
APPROXIMATION ONLY 5
AREA SHOWS LOWEST OVERALL ABILITY IN LONDON PARTICULARLY BOYS 1
AS A COMPREHENSIVE SCH WE ARE IN COMPETITION WITH 4 HIGHLY SELECTIVE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS IN THE SAME DIVISION. 2
AS A SECONDARY MODERN, WE LOSE THE TOP 33 1/3% TO SELECTIVE SCHOOLS. 1
AS ESTIMATE BASED ON AHA TEST RESULTS AND IMPRESSION 2
AS THIS SCHOOL TAKES TOP 30 -35% OF THE ABILITY RANGE ALL PUPILS ARE ABOVE AVERAGE 4
ASSESSMENT TEST AT ENTRY TO EST BOY IS OF AVERAGE ABILITY 1
AT AGE 11 TOP 35% OF ABILITY RANGE ENTER OUR SCHOOL - THROUGH ACCURACY OF SELECTION PROCEDURE IS QUESTIONABLE 2
ATTAINMENT AT 16 YRS AVERAGES 30% OF 5TH YEAR 4 OR MORE 'O' LEVELS (OR EQU) 30% 2-4 'O' 30% UP TO 2 'O'. 2
AVERAGE ABILITY SPREAD 3
AVERAGE AND ABOVE 2
AVERAGE IQ IS 110 9
AVERAGE NFER TEST SCORE ON ENTRY: 108 1
AVERAGE OF 30% OF SCHOOL POPULATION GOES TO GRAMMAR SCHOOLS 1
BAND ON ACROSS-THE-BOARD LITERACY TESTS ADMINISTERED BY EDUC PSYCHOLOGIST TO ALL INTAKE 7
BASED ON 1Q 110+ 100-109 90-99 82-89 81 5
BASED ON AH2 TEST OF NFER A=40 B=56 C=55 D=5 =156 3
BASED ON CAT SCENES BUT NOT FULLY REFLECTED IN ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENT 4
BASED ON CAT TESTS 5
BASED ON EXAM RESULTS BUT NATIONAL AVERAGE MAY NOT BE A GOOD GUIDE! 2
BASED ON LAST 1ST YR INTAKE NFER (NON VERBAL REASONING & MATHS) SCORES TRANSLATED APPROXIMATELY INTO ABOVE CATEGORIES 2
BASED ON LAST FIVE YEARS 4
BASED ON MOVING HOUSE VRQS 1
BASED ON NELSON STANDARDISED TESTS WITH 15% VARIATION 4
BASED ON NFER NON VERBAL TESTS ( ON PRESENT 1ST YEAR) 4
BASED ON NFER TESTING OF LAST 3 INTAKE YEAR 3
BASED ON NFGR TEACHERS 3
BASED ON READING AGES AT ENTRY TO SCHOOL 3
BASED ON READING QUOTIENTS IN COUNTRYWIDE LEAVERS READING TESTS LAST YEAR. ACTUAL FIGURES THEN A 6 MONTH REDUCTION - IT SEEMS HIGH. ENGLISH RESULT 5
BASED ON READING/VRQ TESTS ON ENTRY FOR 1 YEAR ONLY 2
BASED ON RESULTS OF THE WIDE SPAN READING TEST USED WITH ONE YEAR GROUP (INTAKE 1985) 2
BASED ON RICHMOND TESTING OF YEAR 1. 6
BASED ON STANDARDISED READING SCORES 2
BASED ON V.R. SCORES. 2
BASIS OF ANALYSIS-READING AGES GIVEN BY DANIELS & DIACK READING TEST (12) FOR PRESENT 1ST YEAR INTAKE 2
BECAUSE OF PASTORAL CARE WHICH IS WELL DEVELOPED WITHIN THE SCHOOL WE HAVE A RELATIVELY HIGH PERCENTAGE WHO TRANSFER FROM SPECIAL SCHOOLS. 3
BECAUSE OF Q33 THE SCHOOLS ACADEMIC LEVEL IS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE 3
BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL IS OFTEN LINKED TO PERFORMANCE 1
BETTER THAN AVERAGE CATCHMENT - BUT HAVE AREA SPECIAL UNIT 6
BIT THIN ON TOP 4
BOYS SELECTED BY LOCAL COUNTY 12+ PROCEDURES RE SCHOOL (2MILES AWAY) HAS WELL KNOWN NAME AND IS OFTEN 1ST CHOICE 1
BRIGHTER CHILDREN RETAINED IN MAINSTREAM EDUCATION 1
BROAD AREA OF DISTRIBUTION WHEN LAST MEASURED 5
BROAD GENERALISATION BASED ON 1YRS INTAKE (1985) BOSING READING AGE/SPELLING AGE 4
CALCULATION BASED ON PRESENT S1 WHICH SHOWS THE EFFECT OF THE CHANGE IN THE CATCHMENT AREA. 2
CANNOT ANSWER IN DETAIL. WE HAVE A FULL RANGE OF ABILITY FOLLOWING APPROXIMATLY A NORMAL (??????) DISTRIBUTION FROM ACADEMIC HIGH FLIERS (11 O LEV 2
CANNOT ANSWER THIS 1
CANNOT YET COMMENT. FIRST NON - SELECTIVE 5TH YEAR WILL LEAVE IN JULY 4
CATCHMENT AREA ACCOUNTS FOR THIS.PROVED BY NFER TESTS ANNUALLY AND LEEDS UNIV RESEARCH - 5 YEARS AGO 8
CATCHMENT AREA MEANS SCHOOL SKEWED TOWARDS MIDDLE CLASS/AVERAGE & ABOVE AVERAGE ABILITY PUPILS 9
CHANGING SCHOOL POPULATION RANGE HAS BEEN INCREASING 3
CHARACTERISTIC OF AREA. MORE EXAGGERATED THAN RURAL 2
COGNITIVE ABILITY TEST INFORMATION 4
COMPETITION WITH LOCAL SINGLE SEX EX-GRAMMAR SCHOOLS STILL 3
CREAMED BY TRUST SCHOOLS TO SOME EXTENT 8
CURVE OF DISTRIBUTION SQUED TO ABOUT A 92-93 NORM 3
DEPENDS WHETHER CALCULATED FROM 4 Q TESTS TO SAME EXTENT OR EXAM RESULTS 1
DESPITE BEING A SEC MOD SCHOOL MANY PARENTS OPT FOR THE FACT THAT IT IS A SMALL (IFE) & RURAL GIVING A CURIOUS SPREAD OF ABILITY 1
DIFFICULT TO ANSWER QUESTION IN FORM GIVEN ANALYSIS ON STANDARD TESTS GIVES NORM CURVE & 5% SKEW TO RIGHT 3
DIFFICULT TO ASSESS 2
DIFFICULT TO ASSESS FROM YEAR TO YEAR. IN THEORY ALL PUPILS HAVE IQ +. 2
DIFFICULT TO SAY.WE DO NOT USE TESTS 5
DISTRIBUTION APPEARS BALANCED 6
DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE CLOSE TO NATIONAL FIGURES 1
DON'T KNOW IN TERMS OF ABOVE. LOWEST IQ 100+ AV ABOUT 120 3
DON'T KNOW NATIONAL AVERAGE/ALL PUPILS HAVE IQS OVER 100. 3
DROPS EACH YEAR RE ORGANISATION IS DELAYED 2
ENTRY TESTS SHOW NO IQ BELOW 105 1
ESTIMATED BUT BASED ON EXTERNAL EXAMS 2
ESTIMATES BASED ON AH2/AH3 TESTS GIVEN DURING THE 3RD YEAR. 2
ESTIMATES ONLY - NOT BASED ON SCORES 10
ESTIMATES ONLY. 1
FAIR CROSS SECTION OF POPULATION IN TERMS OF WORK AND SOCIAL CLASS. IF 'A' LEVEL OF 72% GRADES A TO E IS NATIONAL AVERAGE? OUR 'A' LEVEL % IS 75.6 2
FALLING NUMBERS HAVE COINCIDENTALLY BROUGHT LOWER ABILITY INTAKE. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YEARS 1/2 AND YEARS 4/5 7
FEWER THAN AVERAGE LOW ABILITY 1
FIGURES BASED ON RICHMOND TESTS OF BASIC SKILLS 1ST YEAR INTAKE 2
FIGURES BASED ON STANDARDISED TESTS PERFORMED AT AGE 11 4
FIGURES BASED ON V.RQ SCORES 125+/105-125/95-105/85-95/70-85/ WHAT IS NATIONAL AVERAGE? 4
FIGURES ESTIMATES - OUR INTAKE IS ABOUT NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED 8
FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE 3
FIGURES TAKEN FROM RESULTS OF RAVENS MATRICES ON NEW INTAKE 5
FIND IT PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE THE ESTIMATE WHICH YOU HAVE REQUESTED HERE 2
FOR MLD TYPE SCHOOL POPULATION OF ESTIMATE IF SUCH IS POSSIBLE 1
GENERALLY ABOVE AVERAGE 1
GENERALLY ABOVE AVERAGE (150-SIXTH FORM) 3
GENERALLY ABOVE AVERAGE INTAKE. NOT SPECIFIC ON ABOVE ITEMS 6
GENERALLY THE LEVEL OF PUPILS IS HIGHER THAN THE NAT AVERAGE - BUT WE ARE UNABLE TO FIX PROPORTIONS 3
GOOD COMPREHENSIVE MIX 1
GRAMMAR SCHOOL TAKES TOP 16% 2
GUESSWORK 6
GUESSWORK BASED ON EXAM RESULTS 6
GUESSWORK MAINLY - BUT OUR EXAM RESULTS TEND TO CONFIRM AN ABOVE AVERAGE ABILITY RANGE 2
GUESTIMATE BASED ON TOP 20% DOING O LEVEL & CSE GRADE 4 NATIONAL AVERAGE 2
HARDER WORKING WITH NON PARENTAL BACKING THAN OF CHILDREN - HOWEVER - VERY FEW "HIGH FLIERS" 2
HEAVILY BOTTOM LOADED 7
HIGH ABILITY PROFILE 6
HIGHER IN YEARS 1-4. LOWER IN YEARS 5/L6 AND U6 3
HIGHLY ACADEMIC SCHOOL 1
I AM SORRY NOT TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION TO HAND 8
I CANNOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION SATISFACTORILY. 2
I CANNOT ANSWER THIS RELIABLY 4
I CANNOT DO MORE THAN GUESS. 3
I CANT DO THIS. WE HAVE A PRETTY AVERAGE SPREAD OF ABILITY - SLIGHTLY SKEWED TO THE HIGH END. 5
I CONSULTED PRINCIPAL TEACHER OF LEARNING SUPPORT SERVICES - A PT GUIDANCE WHO HAS DONE RESEARCH FOR M C ON THIS TOPIC AND CHILD GUIDANCE 3
I DO NOT HAVE DATA TO ANSWER THE QUESTION 3
I DO NOT HAVE THE STATISTICS AVAILABLE TO MAKE SUCH COMMENTS 4
I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY "NATIONAL AVERAGE" 8
I FEEL THAT I CANNOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION 2
I HAVE CHOSEN ENTRY AT 11+ FOR THESE FIGURES. SOME "CATCH UP" DURING SECONDARY YEARS 1
I HAVE COMPILED THESE FIGURES ON THE BASIS OF ATTAINMENT ON LEAVING SCHOOL/END OF FIFTH YEAR 4
I HAVE NEVER ATTEMPTED TO CALCULATE THIS 2
I HAVE NO DOCUMENTATION ON THIS 4
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 2
I HAVE NO SURVEYS OR NORMS TO HELP ME FORMULATE AN ANSWER 3
I HAVE NO WAY OF ANSWERING THIS QUESTION 9
I RANG FOR GUIDANCE ON THIS/18 MTHS AHEAD MEANS LITTLE TO US. WE DO NOT WANT GIRLS TAKING O LEVEL AT 14 THOUGH MANY COULD 3
I WOULD BE GUESSING 5
IMBALANCE IN ACADEMIC LEVEL OF PUPILS DUE TO AREA SERVED INCREASED BY PLACING REQUESTS AT ENTRY TO S1 1
IMMINENT SCHOOL CLOSURE AND SPECIAL PROVISION OF S E N CLASSES HAS AFFECTED DISTRIBUTION OF INTAKE 7
IMPOSSIABLE QUESTION 4
IMPOSSIBLE - VALIDITY? 4
IMPOSSIBLE QUESTIONS 2
IMPOSSIBLE TASK WHAT IS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE? SCHOOL GENERALLY ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGE 4
IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER - WHAT IS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. OUR RESEARCH IS EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS ARE WELL ABOVE "NATIONAL AVERAGE". THE ACADEMIC "NATURE 2
IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER WITH ANY CONFIDENCE 3
IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER. 2
IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSESS 2
IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSESS WITH ANY ACCURACY BUT I BELIVE WE ARE SKEWED TO BELOW AVERAGE WITHIN A FULL RANGE 2
IMPOSSIBLE TO BE PRECISE 4
IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THIS ACCURATELY - HOW DO WE OBTAIN INFORMATION ON '18 MONTHS AHEAD OF AGE GROUP 1
IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE 7
IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE TO ANY ACCURATE DEGREE BUT THE SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE MOST DEPRIVED (SOCIAL/ECONOMICAL/CULTURAL) IN AN AUTHORITY WHOSE POPULA 4
IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL 2
IN 1985 14 PUPILS HAD 10 OR MORE O LEVELS OUT OF TOTAL 276. 4
IN ADDITION TO BELOW AVERAGE INTAKE ACADEMICALLY WE HAVE MANY SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN OUR INTAKE 4
IN EACH YEAR THE % WILL BE DIFFERENT!! 1
IN REGARD TO 1985-6 5TH YEAR AT OUR SCHOOLIT IS GENERALLY HELD BY TEACHING STAFF THAT IT IS SOMEWHAT WEAKER THAN RECENT PREVIOUS 5TH YEARS. WHAT I 2
IN SELECTIVE 5TH YEAR 2
IN THE TIMES BEFORE 1981 ACT THE SCHOOL HAD 4 SPECIAL CLASSES - NOW THE NEEDS EXIST FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT 3
IN WHOLE SCHOOL COVER WIDE RANGE FROM HIGH - LOW 1
IN YEARS 2-5 THIS IS A SELECTIVE SCHOOL 3
INAPPROPRIATE QUESTION - IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER. 9
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CREAM OFF MANY MORE ABLE PUPILS 9
INFORMATION BASED ON NELSON COGNITIVE ABILITY TEST FOR ONE YEAR GROUP NOT MEASURED IN AGE NORMS 2
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE 3
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE ON THIS FORM MEAN SCORE OF ENTRY (NFER 'D') NORMALLY 102 3
INFORMATION NOT CATEGORISED IN THIS MANNER 2
INTAKE BELOW AVERAGE 3
INTAKE OF 70 PUPILS FROM EPA 5
IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DEVICE WHAT THE ACADEMIC NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 5
IT IS GENERALLY THE HIGHER ACADEMIC LEVEL PUPILS WHO TRANSFER TO A NEIGHBOURING 6 YEAR SCHOOL AT END OF S2 1
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION AS WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 1
IT WOULD BE SPECIOUS TO RESPOND TO THIS QUESTION AS IT PRESUMES SOME VALID MEASURE OF GENERAL ACADEMIC ABILITY - WHICH DOES NOT EXIST - ANY RESPON 2
JUST A GUESS 2
LEA SELECTION PROCEDURE 4
LEA STILL USES GRAMMAR/TECHNICAL SCHOOLS WITH 11 PLUS SELECTION. THIS IS A SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL 3
LESS THAN AVERAGE TOP AND BOTTOM 4
LOCAL 11-18 SCHOOLS TEND TO CREAM SOME MORE ABLE PUPILS - SITUATION OF JUNIOR AREA ADJUSTMENT CLASS ON SAME CAMPUS TENDS TO BOOST LOWER ABILITY IN 2
LONG POOR ABILITY RAIL WITH AVERAGES LOWER THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE 5
MANY INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS IN THE AREA 9
MARKED SKEW TO LEFT 4
MLD 3
MLD SCHOOL 1
MOST YEARS AVERAGE VRQ ABOUT 100 W BUNCHING AROUND THAT FIGURE 1
MUST BE IN TOP THREE BOOKLETS 1
N/A THIS SCHOOL DID NOT HAVE AN INTAKE IN SEPT 1985 1
NEAR PERFECT CURVE WITH THE TOP DROPPED OFF. THIS LEA IS VERY UNEVEN IN ABILITY DISTRIBUTION 2
NELSON C.A.T. SCORES SHOW A MARKED "LUMP" TO THE BELOW AVERAGE (NOT A "SKEW" BUT A REAL POPULATION DISTORTION) 1
NFER VERBAL ABILITY TEST 4
NO A REAL "STAR" CATCHMENT BUT DEFINATELY FAVOURABLE BY NATIONAL STANDARDS 7
NO ACCURATE INFORMATION AVAILABLE 4
NO ADEQUATE DATA 4
NO DETAILED INFORMATION AVAILABLE-FIGURES GIVEN ARE REASONED ASSESSMENTS 5
NO FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS FORM 9
NO FORMAL TESTING PUPILS OCCUPY FULL ABILITY RANGE 7
NO INFORMATION-UNABLE TO COMPLETE 4
NO RELIABLE INFORMATION ABOVE ESTIMATES FROM SCHOOL BASED TESTING 1
NO SELECTION BUT LEGACY OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL INTAKE 3
NO STATISTICS AVAILABLE 2
NONE 3
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 3
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRE 3
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION FOR PUPILS IN AN AREA WHERE 33% OF PUPILS ARE CREANED OFF FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. 1
NORMAL HEAD & TAIL BUT MEDIAN IS SKEWED SLIGHTLY HIGH. 3
NOT A 'NORMAL DISTRIBUTION' - THERE IS A SECOND 'PEAK' ABOVE AVERAGE - BUT ALSO A LONG TAIL OF LESS ABLE PUPILS 6
NOT A LOT OF FAITH IN THESE FIGURES. ASSESSED BY CAT RESULTS 4
NOT A STATISTIC THAT WE CALCULATE 2
NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION WITH ANY DEGREE OF ACCURACY 1
NOT BASED ON I.Q. WHICH ARE NOT AVAILABLE . BASED ON V.R.& SCHOOL ASSESSMENT - THEREFORE NOT NATIONAL CRITERIA. 3
NOT BIG ENOUGH TO COPE WITH EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF BELOW AVERAGE 1
NOT KNOWN 8
NOT POSSIBLE 3
NOTE: A SYSTEM OF TRANSFER TO A 13-18YRS GRAMMAR SCHOOL - BY GUIDED PARENTAL CHOICE OPERATES AT 13+YRS 25% ARE RECOMMENDED TO TRANSFER ALMOST 40% 2
ON NFER TESTS ON ENRTY ( VERBAL REASONING) AVERAGE SCORE FOR THE SCHOOL IS 98. 8
ONLY 25% OF THE ABILITY RANGE IS ACCEPTED INTO THE SCHOOL. 2
ONLY A GUT FEELING 10
ONLY GUIDE WE HAVE IS AH2/3 SCORES (GIVEN ABOVE) 4
OUR CATCHMENT AREA PRODUCES AN INTAKE BIASED TOWARDS TO MORE ABLE END OF DISTRIBUTION CURVE 4
OUR CATCHMENT IS CONURBATION OVERSPILL WITH A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF UNEMPLOYEMT AND EVEN HIGHER ONE PARENT FAMILIES 5
OUR INTAKE REFLECTS AN ABOVE AVERAGE ATTAINMENTS 1
OUR PROFILE IS VERY CLOSE TO SCOTTISH NATIONAL AVERAGE 3
OVERALL ABILITY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGE.FEW HIGH FLIERS. LONG TAIL OF SLOW LEARNERS. 4
OVERALL HIGH ABILITY BECAUSE OF NATURE OF CATCHMENT AREA. 3
PLACEMENT IS CONDITIONAL ON DESIRE FOR & SUITABLITY 1
PLEASE DEFINE NATIONAL AVERAGE 2
PRESSURE OF TIME - MAKES THE FIGURES GIVEN VERY APPROXIMATE 5
PROBABLY ALMOST ALL ABOVE AVERAGE WITH A PROPORTION OF HIGH 3
PROVIDE FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE AND PROFOUND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES 1
PUPILS GENERALLY FOLLOW THE NORMAL CURVE OF DISTRIBUTION 1
PUPILS HIGH IN ACHIEVEMENT % ASSESMENT PASSING ONE OR MORE O GRADES IN 1985 = 72% (NOT FIGURE 54%) H GRADE I DO MORE H GRADES IN FIFTH FORM YEAR 4 3
PUPILS PERFORM 10-15% ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGE 4
PUPILS WITH MODERATE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES 1
PURE GUESSWORK. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MEANS OF COMPARISON EXCEPT I.QS. 1
PURELY FROM READING TESTS - THE GENERAL ACADEMIC LEVEL IS CONSIDERABLY POORER IN THE SCHOOLS ESTIMATION 7
QUITE IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE 2
REALLY - IS THIS A REALISTIC QUESTION 1
RECENT SURVEY OF SCHOOL INTAKE SHOWED AN ALMOST NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 2
REFLECTS CHOICE FOR A CHURCH SCHOOL 8
REGRET INFORMATION UNAVAILABLE. 4
REMEDIAL AS WELL AS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND 2
REMEDIAL WORK MOST EFFECTIVE IN YEARS 1 & 2 2
RESULTS AT 0 GRADE DEMONSTRATE SCHOOL TO BE JUST BELOW NATIONAL AVERAGE IN ITS PERFORMANCE 1
ROUGH ESTIMATE 3
S.L.D. SCHOOL 1
SCHOOL DEALS WITH PROFOUND HANDICAP 1
SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES USUALLY WITH ADDITIONAL SOCIAL HANDICAP 1
SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTY ETC 1
SCHOOL FOR M.L.D PUPILS 1
SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL NEEDS 1
SCHOOL INTAKE "CREAMED" BY 2 SCHOOLS NEARBY WITH NEAR GRAMMAR STATUS 8
SCHOOL INTAKE THE RESULT OF PARENTAL PREFERENCE 6
SCHOOL IS URBAN BUT A SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE CATCHMENT (DEFINED COMMUNITY) IN TERMS OF OUR LEA. 3
SCHOOL'S PRIME FUNCTION IS TO CATER FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE UNDERFUNCTIONING BY AT LEAST 3 YEARS 1
SEC. MODERN INTAKE IN 5TH. 30% OF AGE GROUP WENT TO GRAMMARS 2
SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL 1
SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL - GRAMMAR SCHOOLS KEEPING NUMBERS UP 2
SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL TOP 25% OF ABILITY RANGE CREAMED OFF 2
SECONDARY SCHOOL CREAMED BY TWO SINGLE LOW GRAMMAR SCHOOL & 11/18 COMP. WE DO HAVE A ESN (M) VISIT 1
SEE MODERN 2
SEE PECULIAR INTAKE ON PAGE 1. 6
SELECTION TAKES PLACE AT 12+ - 28% TRANSFER TO GRAMMAR SCHLS 1
SELECTIVE GRAMMAR SCHOOL 2
SELECTIVE GRAMMAR SCHOOL SO MOST ARE ABOVE AVERAGE 3
SELECTIVE INTAKE 1
SELECTIVE PROCEDURE AT 12+ 4
SELECTIVE SCHOOL 5
SELECTIVE SCHOOL THEREFORE AS ABOVE BUT LARGER GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL TAKES TOP. 3
SEV LEARNING DIFFICULTIES 1
SHOWED ABOVE AVERAGE BUT WITH LARGE NUMBER OF VERY ABLE OR LOW ATTAINED 11
SIGNIFICANT VARIETIES IN BALANCE FROM YEAR TO YEAR GROUP. FIGURES REFLECT OVERALL IMPRESSION FOR CURRENT YEARS 1-5 5
SIGNIFICANT WAS BOTH HIGH AND BELOW AVERAGE COMPARED TO NORM 6
SKEWED + 60-40 5
SKEWED TO BELOW AVERAGE 3
SLIGHTLY 'HIGHER' SPREAD THAN SOME SCHOOLS I THINK. 5
SLIGHTLY 'SCEWED' DISTRIBUTION CURVE 9
SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE SHOW OWING TO INFLUX OF COMMUTER POPULATION & DECLINE OF INDIGENOUS POPULATION. 3
SLIGHTLY SKEWED 7
SLIGHTLY SKEWED UPWARDS SMALL REMEDIAL PROBLEM 7
SOCIALLY VERY DEPRIVED AREA 5
SOME TRAVELLING CHILDREN. NO NAT.TESTS DONE - ERQ IN MIDDLE SCHOOL INDICATES LOW FOR THIS COUNTY, WHICH ITSELF IS LOW NATIONALLY 9
SORRY THE TOTALS ADD UP TO 95% OUR INTAKE IS SKEWED TOWARDS AVERAGE & LOWER END 1
SOURCE - CHILD GUIDANCE READING AGE SURVEY 3
SOURCE: SURVEY BY CHILD GUIDANCE ON READING AGES 1
SPA SCHOOL. INTAKE OF BELOW AVERAGE PUPILS REMAINS HIGH - DESPITE DROP IN TOTAL INTAKE 4
SPECIAL NEEDS 13.4% IN THIS COUNTY. THIS VARIES FROM 7.7% TO 52% 1
SPECIAL SCHOOL 2
SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARDING FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE LEARNING DISABILITIES 1
SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH M.L.D 2
SPECULATIVE 2
STATISTICAL SURVEY OF THIS YEAR'S 1ST YEAR VIA RICHMOND/CAT STANINES APPENDED 6
TAKEN FROM COUNTY READING SURVEY OF ALL 5TH YEAR PUPILS 1985 7
TAKEN FROM NFER IQ TESTS OF PUPILS WHO ENTERED YEAR 1 IN SEPT 1984 (NOT THE PRESENT 5TH YEAR) 4
TAKEN FROM OUR OWN "BANDS"/NOT NATIONALLY COMPARED 7
TAKEN FROM READING AGES (DANIELS & DIACK TEST 12) OF SEPT 85 INTAKE 7
TESTED AT 11+ 5
THE % OF PUPILS GAINING 5+ O LEVELS IS 34% OF THE YEAR GROUP 1
THE 42% ASIAN INTAKE OF THE SCHOOL MEANS THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME LANG PROBLEMS AFFECT PROGRESS 5
THE ABILITY RANGE IN THE SCHOOL IS SKEWED UPWARDS 5
THE ABILITY RANGE IS NOTICEABLY SKEWED TOWARDS THE MORE ABLE 1
THE ABOVE ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON NORMS DERIVED FROM RICHMOND TESTS OF BASIC ABILITY (USED IN YRS 1-3) AND ON O/CSE RESULTS AT END OF 5TH YEAR SINC 7
THE AUTHORITY PRACTISES A SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL INTAKE OF 30-40% OF THE AGE GROUP 1
THE AVERAGE I.Q. IS 125. 1
THE AVERAGE VRQ OF OUR ENTRY IS 110 4
THE IQ FOR THE CATCHMENT AREA PEAKS AT 103. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BREAK DOWN INTO THE CATEGORIES ABOVE. 3
THE NORMAL CURVE OF DISTRIBUTION SKEWS DOWNWARDS BECAUSE OF OUR CATCHMENT AREA 5
THE NORMAL CURVE SHOULD INDICATE BELOW AVERAGE. IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER YEAR 1 OR YEAR 5 - WHAT MEASURE FOR AVERAGE? AVERAGE AT WHAT? 2
THE PRESENT 5TH YEAR WERE SELECTED FOR A GRAMMAR SCHOOL EDUCATION IN 1981. 1
THE SCHOOL HAS A SELECTED INTAKE - TAKING ABOUT TOP 30-40% 3
THE SCHOOL HAS A SHAIRED INTAKE DEMANDS AND SERVES MAINLY A DISADVANTAGED AREA 7
THE SCHOOL HAS A VERY SKEWED DOWN INTAKE BECAUSE OF A) SOCIO/ECONOMIC FACTORS OF AREA B) RECENT UNPOPULARITY WHICH CREAMS OF SCHOOL STILL FURTHER. 2
THE SCHOOL HAS FEW VERY BRIGHT CHILDREN AND A LONG "TAIL". 4
THE SCHOOL HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST ABILITY INTAKES IN THE COUNTY 4
THE SCHOOL INTAKE ????? VIRTUALLY TO WHOLE INABILITY RANGE FROM THOSE WITH HIGH ABILITY TO THOSE PUPILS WITH MILD/MODERATE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES. 3
THE SCHOOL INTAKE SINCE 1981 HAS BEEN CLOSER TO FULL RANGE 3
THE SCHOOL IS A SECONDARY MODERN IN A SELECTIVE AREA WHERE 45% OF THE POPULATION GO TO 'GRAMMAR' SCHOOLS 2
THE SCHOOL IS IN A GOOD AREA BUT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF "CREAMING" OFF TO PRIVATE SECTOR. 1
THE SCHOOL IS SELECTIVE & ADMITS TOP 25-28% OF ABILITY RANGE 2
THE SCHOOL IS VERY POPULAR ESPECIALLY IN AN AFFLUENT PROFESSIONAL/WHITE COLLAR AREA OF CATCHMENT 4
THE SCHOOL ONLY HAS 5TH YEAR PUPILS FOR 1985/86 BECAUSE OF IMMINENT CLOSURE 4
THE SCHOOL RECEIVES A BALANCED INTAKE FOLLOWING THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION CURVE 3
THE SCHOOL TAKES THE TOP 25% OF THE LOCAL ABILITY RANGE. 2
THE TOP 4% OF THE ABILITY RANGE ARE CREATED 1
THE TOP OF THE RANGE IS ATTRACTED TO A BETTER COMPREHENSIVE 2
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YEAR GROUPS WHICH WOULD AFFECT GROUPS 2 & 5. 1
THERE ARE STILL GRAMMAR SCHOOLS IN THIS COUNTY 5
THERE IS A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES IN THE AREA - 65% APPROX 3
THERE IS VERY CONSIDERABLE VARIATION FROM YEAR TO YEAR AS A RESULT OF THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL. THE ABOVE APPLIES TO YEARS 1 AND 2 2
THESE ARE ON THE HIGH SIDE OF THE LOCAL LEA ACADEMIC PROFILE, WHICH IN NATIONAL TERMS IS SCALED UPWARDS. 2
THESE ARE ONLY MY OPINIONS - NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THESE FIGURES 2
THESE ARE ROUGH ESTIMATES 5
THESE ARE THE EXACT % AS INDICATED AT 11+ TRANSFER. 4
THESE CAN ONLY BE VERY ROUGH ESTIMATES AND IT WILL VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR 1
THESE FIGS ARE TAKEN FROM SAMPLE OF FOUNDATION YEAR (56%) 4
THESE FIGURES ARE BASED ON THE TWO NFER TESTS WE USE IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL. THERE IS NO 'NATIONAL AVERAGE' BECAUSE THERE IS NO AG 2
THESE FIGURES ARE ESTIMATES 3
THESE FIGURES WERE VERY DIFFICULT TO ARRIVE AT 5
THESE RELATE TO PRESENT 5TH YEAR. COMPARE WITH PRESENT 1ST YEAR - 6% - 35% - 55% - 4% 2
THIS IS A CRUDE ESTIMATE 5
THIS IS A FAIRLY GOOD RURAL CATCHMENT 3
THIS IS A MIDDLE CLASS RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH A HIGH PROPORTION OF PROFESSIONAL PARENTS WHICH PRODUCES AN ATYPICAL RANGE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL 1
THIS IS A MLD SCHOOL 1
THIS IS A MOST DIFFICULT QUESTION 3
THIS IS A SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL CO-EXISTING WITH GRAMMAR AND COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS 3
THIS IS A SECONDRY MODERN SCHOOL IN AN AREA WHERE 30% 2
THIS IS A SELECTIVE GRAMMAR SCHOOL ACCEPTING THE TOP 40% ABILITY GIRLS IN THE AREA. MOST WOULD BE IN THE FIRST TWO GROUPS 7
THIS IS A SELECTIVE SCHOOL TAKING APPROX 1/3 OF THE ABILITY RANGE. 1
THIS IS A SUBJECTIVE ESTIMATE BASED ON 1976-77 INTAKE (GROUP TESTING IS FORBIDDEN IN THIS REGION) 2
THIS IS A VERY CRUDE ESTIMATE 3
THIS IS AN ESTIMATE 1
THIS IS AN ESTIMATE - STANDARDISED MEASUREMENTS NOT FULLY AVAILABLE. 2
THIS IS BASED ON LITTLE MORE THAN GUESSES 1
THIS IS DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE. 1
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY AN ARTISAN COMMUNITY 2
THIS IS GUESS WORK TO PUT IT MILDLY 8
THIS IS IN DISPUTE - I THINK THE DISTRIBUTION OF INTELLIGENCE 5
THIS IS PURE GUESSWORK UNSUPPORTED BY STATISTICAL DATA 4
THIS IS VERY APPROXIMATE AND RELATED TO E.R.Q. LEAVERS 4
THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. WE ARE NON SELECTIVE BUT IN AN AREA WITH HIGH OVERALL ATTAINMENT COMPARED TO NATIONAL AVERAGE. 6
THIS IS VERY HYPOTHETICAL-I AM ONLY GUESSING-IF CSE4 IS NAT AVERAGE WE DO NOT DO ANY CSES 1
THIS SCHOOL HAS A SELECTIVE INTAKE BASED ON ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 4
THIS SCHOOL HAS LOST A LOT OF PUPILS AS A RESULT OF 1981 PARENTS CHARTER. MOST OF THE MORE ABLE PUPILS TRANSFER TO ANOTHER SCHOOL AT THE END OF PR 3
THIS SCHOOL ONLY TAKES PUPILS WHO ARE 2 YEARS OR MORE BEHIND 1
THIS SHOWS FURTHER TOWARDS THE LOWER ABILITIES AFTER 2ND YR SINCE OUR MEANS ABLE/COMMITTED PUPILS TRANSFER AT PARENTAL REQUEST TO 11-18 SNR HIGH S 1
TOP 27% OF ABILITY RANGE ADMITTED AT 11+ ON BASIS OF 2 HOUSE TESTS - ALL COUNTY DECISIONS 3
TOP RANGE ENTER GRAMMAR SCHOOLS 2
TYPICAL COMPREHENSIVE INTAKE - PERHAPS FEWER BELOW AVERAGE THAN USUAL 3
TYPICAL SPREAD FOR A SCHOOL FOR MODERATE NEEDS CHILDREN 1
UNABLE TO ANSWER 3
UNABLE TO ANSWER WHAT IS NATIONAL AVERAGE 3
UNABLE TO FULLY COMMENT 3
UNANSWERABLE 1
UNCERTAIN WHETHER THE CORRECT CRITERIA TAKEN: FIGURES BASED ON NFER STANDARDISED TEST SCORE-HIGH 120+/ABOVE AVERAGE 106-119/AV 95-105/BELOW AV 81- 1
UPPER MIDDLE CLASS CATCHMENT AREA 2
URBAN OVERSPILL EFFECT - LARGELY COUNCIL HOUSING 7
USE OF "WIDESPAN" INDICATES BELOW AVERAGE IN LANGUAGE 1
USUAL COMMUTER BELT POPULATION 3
V DIFFICULT TO COUNT ACCURATELY 4
V DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY SCHOOL HAS GOOD EXAM RESULTS COMP W NAT AVE 5
VAGUE ESTIMATES 1
VARIES ACCORDING TO YEAR. 2
VARIES CONSIDERABLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR 2
VARIES CONSTANTLY ACROSS WHOLE RANGE. 1
VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR 3
VARIES QUITE A LOT FROM YEAR TO YEAR 3
VERIFIED BY AREA SCREENING 4
VERY APPROXIMATE 2
VERY APPROXIMATE - WE ARE A SOCIAL PRIORITY SCHOOL 3
VERY CLOSE TO NORMAL DISTRIBUTION FULLY COMPREHENSIVE INTAKE 5
VERY DIFFERENT IN 1ST AND 2ND YEAR FROM YEARS 3-5 (OPTIONAL 13+ TRANSFER LOWERS ACADEMIC LEVEL OF SENIOR SCHOOL) 3
VERY DIFFICULT TO ASSESS ACCURATELY 6
VERY DIFFICULT TO ASSESS. VERY HIGH PASS RATE IN NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS 3
VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE 5
VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE AS PUPILS NOT TESTED ON SUITABLE SCALES 2
VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE WITHOUT A DETAILED TEST FROM PUPILS 1
VERY INACURATE ESTIMATE 2
VERY LOW IN FIRST TWO CATEGORIES. MOST IN THIRD TAILS OFF TOWARDS FIFTH CATEGORY. 1
VERY MUCH A GUESTIMATE 1
VERY MUCH AN ESTIMATE! 3
VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE 6
VERY RURAL CATCHMENT AREA 5
VERY SELECTIVE ENTRY EXAMS AT 8 OR 11 3
VERY SUBJECTIVE ESTIMATES IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY RELEVANT DATA OTHER THAN PRIMARY READING AND NUMBER SCORES + O/CSE & A LEVEL PERFORMANCES. 2
VEY APPROXIMATE 6
VIEW POINT BASED ON CSE RESULTS 5
VRP AVER 90-92 4
VRQ RATING FROM J4 AVERAGES OUT AT 96. 1
VRQ'S AVERAGE 92-95 WHEN TESTED WITH NFER AVERAGE IS HIGHER. 2
WE ACCEPT ONLY THOSE PUPILS WE THINK LIKELY TO ACHIEVE AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE 'O'S AT C+ 4
WE ARE 25% APPROX CREAMED OFF EACH YEAR TO LOCAL 14-18 SCHOOL 2
WE ARE A GRAMMAR SCHOOL HENCE THE ANSWER 3
WE ARE A SELECTIVE SCHOOL OF PUPILS IN TOP 25% AT AGE OF 11 4
WE ARE A SELECTIVE SCHOOL. 1
WE ARE APPARENTLY AN AVERAGE SCHOOL WITH AN AVERAGE SPREAD OF ABILITY 5
WE ARE CREATED BY A GRAMMAR SCHOOL THEREFORE THE MOST ABLE 4
WE ARE GENERALLY JUST ON THE HIGH SIDE OF A CURVE OF NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 5
WE ARE NON-SELECTIVE SCHOOL IN AREA WHERE THERE IS SELECTION TO GRAMMAR SCHOOLS AT 12+ 1
WE ARE SKEWED TO THE LESS ABLE & EDUCATION IS NOT A LOCAL PRIORITY 4
WE ARE SKEWED TOWARDS THE UPPER ABILITY RANGE 2
WE DO NOT HAVE A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION FOR A COMPREHENSIVE INTAKE. DEFINATE & MARKED UPWARD 'SKEW'. 7
WE DO NOT RUN TEST INSTRUMENTS WHICH WOULD PROVIDE US WITH THIS INFORMATION. A GUESSTIMATE WOULD NOT SEEM APPROPRIATE 2
WE DO NOT TEST IN THIS WAY BUT WOULD PERHAPS SUGGEST OUR INTAKE IS SLIGHTLY SKEWED TO THE BRIGHT 3
WE DO NOT WORK ACCORDING TO THESE CRITERIA; WE USE COGNITIVE ABILITY TESTS; THESE REVEALED A SLIGHT SKEW TO ABOVE ABERAGE - BUT SO DO MOST E. SUSS 5
WE EXPECT ABOUT 30% OF ANNUAL INTAKE TO OBTAIN 5 OR MORE O LEVELS. APPROX 15% GO ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION. 6
WE HAVE 13+ TRANSFER AND THIS ALLOWS THE RANGE OF ABILITY IN 1
WE HAVE A FAIRLY NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 4
WE HAVE A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION CURVE (WE THINK!) 2
WE HAVE A ONE - CLASS INTAKE & LOSE THE MORE ABLE TO THE MORE 'FASHIONABLE' SCHOOLS. THE ABOVE % IS BASED ON AH/2 TESTS. 6
WE HAVE A RURAL CATCHMENT AREA BUT WITH SIGNIFICANT COMMUTERS 5
WE HAVE A VERY HETEROGENEOUS CATCHMENT AREA - IDEAL FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL 5
WE HAVE A VERY WIDE RANGE BUT THE AVERAGE IS "ABOVE AVERAGE" 5
WE HAVE ALL THE RC GIRLS IN SUNDERLAND SOUTH IN OUR SCHOOL THEREFORE A VERY WIDE ABILITY AND SOCIAL RANGE 7
WE HAVE AN ESN UNIT ATTACHED TO THE SCHOOL 3
WE HAVE AVERAGE DISTRIBUTION WITH A LITTLE WEIGHTING AT END 5
WE HAVE NEVER MADE CALCULATIONS OF THIS NATURE 3
WE HAVE NO ACCESS TO NATIONAL MONEY AND HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING 3
WE HAVE NO FIGURES; OUR EXAM RESULTS SUGGESTS THE PUPILS ARE ABOVE AVERAGE 1
WE HAVE NO TESTING IN THE AUTHORITY. OWN FIGURES SUGGEST ?????? FROM NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 4
WE HAVE ONE YEAR (V) OF A GIRLS GRAMMAR AND A MIXED COMPREHENSIVE SIXTH 4
WE HAVENT PUPILS OF ALL ABILITIES. 1 CLASS HONOURS POTENTIAL IS EXTREMELY "SLOW". WE ARE NOT FAR OFF NORMAL NATIONAL AVERAGE - I SUSPECT. 1
WE RECEIVE VERY FEW EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT PUPILS 5
WE TAKE THE FULL RANGE BUT NOT ALL ABOVE AVERAGE PUPILS COME. APPROX 40 P.A ARE ALLOCATED TO GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. 3
WE TEND TO HAVE MORE OF THE EXTREMES 5
WE'RE GUESSING 5
WELL ABOVE AVERAGE BUT NOT PREPARED TO ESTIMATE 2
WHAT A STUPID QUESTION! WE DO NOT "MEASURE" CHILDREN THIS WAY 2
WHAT IS NATIONAL AVERAGE? UNABLE TO ANSWER 2
WIDESPAN READING TEST RESULTS FOR PRESENT 5TH YEAR WHEN IN 3RD YEAR 4
WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE FIRST 2 CATEGORIES 1
WOULD FOLLOW CURVE OF NORMAL DISTRIBUTION A FEW CROSS-SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY 6
WOULD NOT JUDGE IN THIS FORMAT ABOVE AVERAGE EG 36% OF YEAR GROUP GAINING 5+ O LEVELS GRADES A-C 1
YEARS 1 & 2 ONLY 4
YEARS DO VARY THIS IS AVERAGE BUT RESULTS LAST YEAR PARTICULARLY GOOD 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Head Teacher Questionnaire, 1986
UniverseThe instrument was sent out to every school in Great Britain which anyone born in the target 1970 was likely to be attending.;National
SamplingSee documentation for details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; this dataset comprised part of the sixteen-year follow-up sweep of the longitudinal BCS70 study