UMALUSI'S SITE VISITS TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS IN 2007

Table 23 presents progression data from grade 4 to grade 6. Preliminary inspection shows little tobe concerned about. However School I’s apparent loss of 21% of learners in 2006 is curious. Onewonders if some learners were counselled out of registering at the school after they had beenassessed. This school causes some concern, especially when the Senior Certifi cate Results overthree years (Table 24) are examined. (Three hundred and fi fty learners wrote the examinationsfrom 2004 to 2006 and only 27 endorsements were achieved. One hundred and twenty-fourlearners failed the examination. Yet when the site booklet is examined, the evaluator is extremelycomplimentary about the school. There is no mention of learning programmes or teachingstrategies being reviewed in the light of these results, nor of any dissatisfaction with the learners’attainment rates.)School Y and School n show an unusual growth in numbers over the three-year period and thereseems to be something wrong with School q’s data. School g, School M1 in particular, and SchoolN1 have large numbers of learners not being ready to progress. It is interesting to note that SchoolM1 seems to perform particularly well when the Senior Certifi cate Results over three years areexamined. Two hundred and fi fty-one learners wrote the examination from 2004 to 2006 and 247endorsements were achieved (Table 24). Perhaps the quality of support afforded to these learnersis excellent or they are advised to leave the academic stream and register for more vocationalsubjects.Table 23: Progression from grades 4 to 6, 2004–200604A 04N 05A 05N 06A 06NSchool A 36 3 45 0 44 0School B 24 17 6 21School C 12 10 10School D 30 29 28School E 62 57 59School F 32 5 40 12 44 5School G 38 3 42 0 48 0School H 27 27 25School I 159 159 126School J 18 22 23School K 56 4 53 49 2School L 55 2 58 0 56School M 39 3 45 0 51 2School N 83 88 83School O 105 102 91School P 10 16 19School Q 94 87 1 78School R 6 11 8School S 28 22 20School T 19 22 25School U 1 2 0School V 48 0 48 0 47 0School W 19 21 21School X 17 6 18 19School Y 38 50 61School Z 67 1 70 7927