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Posted on January 30th 2019
HGA in 5th Place out of 55 Similar Secondary Schools
Harris Garrard Academy has come 5th out of 55 similar secondary schools based on its Attainment 8 outcomes, the Department for Education (DfE) announced recently. This is a remarkable achievement in our first year as an academy.
The DfE puts secondary schools across England and Wales into groups of 55 whose students have a similar attainment at the end of primary education. They then compare how students in those schools perform at the end of Key Stage 4. This enables schools to get a really good idea of how they are performing against schools with a similar intake.
See the complete list of the 55 schools in our group. "We are delighted to have come so far in just one year as a Harris Federation academy," said Executive Principal Chris Everitt. "Before joining the Harris Federation this school was significantly under-performing, so to have turned things around so quickly is a massive credit to our students and teachers."
Top 18% for progress
Harris Garrard Academy has scored well for student progress too, after achieving a provisional Progress 8 score of 0.37 based on our exam results last year. This is likely to place us in the top 18% of schools nationally for Progress 8.
