Great Torrington Community School & Sports College Profile

What are we trying to improve?
In 2008/9 we are trying to improve:
1.By providing more personalised learning:
we have increased our KS4 options from 13 to 31 including day courses at NDC.
we have a nurture group for very low attaining Y7 & Y8 learners with more specialised
teaching to suit the learners' needs and fewer teachers.
through enrichment opportunities for more able learners to realise their potential with an
express group for Y7 learners in 2008 to ensure that there is enough curriculum challenge
for them.
through specialist T.As who have been put in post to advise on learners with complex needs.
2.We expect to see these SEN groups of learners achieving as well as the rest of the school
population as shown in Raiseonline data in 2008 onwards.
3.Learners' attitudes have been improved through setting up more school leadership opportunites
for learners and the demand for more consistency in and outside the classroom. Our own data for
sanctions should decrease and rewards should increase.
4.Learners' expectations have also been improved through a system of assertive mentoring
and teachers' efforts to improve homework. We expect to see less underachievement in the public
exams for Y9 and Y11 in 2008.
How much progress do pupils make between 11 and 16?
Our School
Confidence interval
The chart shows our school's contextual value
added (CVA) score relative to that of other
secondary schools. CVA is a statistical means of
assessing how effective a school is, by measuring
pupils' progress using their test and examination
results. The confidence interval shows the range
within which we can be confident the score
(calculated on the results of only one year group)
represents the overall effectiveness of a school. The
percentile rank shows the percentage of schools
with a score equal to or higher than ours.
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