 BSIX: THE BEST OF ALL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES FOR VALUE-ADDED
In January 2008 the government introduced the Contextual Value Added measure. It judged how well students do, at advanced level in schools and college sixth forms, compared with the GCSE grades they achieved two years earlier. The idea is that it will measure the impact schools and colleges have on the performance of students. If a student with (say) Cs at GCSE does far better than the national average of young people with Cs, then it means that the school or college is ‘adding value’ significantly.
All schools and colleges are awarded a score around 1000 according to the Contextual Value Added measure. Below 1000 means that students in a that school or college are performing below the national average and over 1000 means that they are making more progress than the national average.
BSix, Hackney’s sixth form college in Kenninghall Road, has just discovered that its score of 1065.3 is the best score achieved by all state schools and colleges in England in 2009. This score means that BSix students are achieving two grades above the national average.
“This is amazing news”, says Ken Warman, BSix’s Principal. “We knew that our CVA was not only the best in Hackney but also of all colleges in London. We also knew that it put us among the top 5% of schools and colleges in the country. However, further research, involving a comparison of the scores of all schools and colleges, revealed that we had underestimated the scale of our achievement. It is so gratifying to feel that our teachers and college are having the greatest impact on the achievements of young people of all state schools and colleges.”
BSix is attracting increasing attention for its achievements. In June this year it was awarded a London Education Partnership award for its work on encouraging student progress.
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