Key Targets and Performance

Key Target 1

• Sustain threshold level performance at each of the Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 by matching national (England) achievement in all subject elements and exceeding it by 3% in a majority of the 12 subject elements.
• Sustain the percentage of pupils obtaining 5 or more A*-C at GCSE as a three-year rolling average.
• Sustain the percentage of pupils obtaining 5 or more A*-C (including English and Maths) at GCSE as a three-year rolling average.
• For GCSE, sustain performance in Average Points’ scores by achieving a score within 10 points of the England “capped” upper quartile figure.
• Sustain the percentage of pupil entries obtaining A-E at “A” Level as a three-year rolling average.

Key Target 2

• Sustain SCE’s notional position in the English Local Education Authority league tables, within the leading 25 (of 150) LEAs at each of Key Stages 1, 2 and 3.

Key Target 3

• At the higher levels of attainment (i.e. level 3+ at Key Stage1, level 5+ at Key Stage 2, level 6+ at Key Stage 3) match or exceed the national level of performance in 9 of the 12 subject elements.

Key Target 4

• To achieve Grade 3, or above, for the overall effectiveness of the school in 100% of schools inspected, and Grade 2, or above, in not less than 66% of schools inspected.

Key Target 5

• To achieve an overall parental customer satisfaction rating of at least 85% in the 2006/07 parental survey.