The Government has now published the revised education attainment results for all schools in England and it's a shocker for the two schools, Albion and Irlam and Cadishead, that come under the umbrella of the failed Salford Academy Trust (SAT) – a partnership of Salford City Council, Salford College and Salford University, set up in 2012, working together to "facilitate continued improvements in standards of attainment and achievement for children and their families in Salford; to assist individuals to realise their full potential and take up opportunities resulting from the regeneration of the City".
In June last year, the Government forced SAT to wind up as it didn't have 'sufficient capacity to improve its schools' (see here).
The latest revised results show SAT school, Albion Academy, bottom of the city's results table with its 'Progress 8' score -1.06, 'Well Below Average'. Only 15% of pupils managed to get Grade 5 or above in English and Maths GCSE (English average 43.3%/Local authority average 32.1%); its English Baccalaureate average point score per pupil was 2.71 (English average 4.04/Local authority average 3.4) and only 82% of its leavers in 2016 went onto further education or employment (English average 94%/Local authority average 92%).
Albion's Attainment 8 score was 31.9 (English average 46.5/Local authority average 41). This measures how well pupils have performed in up to eight qualifications, which include English, maths, three English Baccalaureate qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and three other additional approved qualifications.
Next worse school in the city was Harrop Fold, not part of Salford Academy Trust but with loads of problems revealed after the Educating Greater Manchester series and the resignation of head teacher Drew Povey.
Harrop Fold had a -1.03 Progress 8 score, with 15% of pupils getting Grade 5 or above in English and Maths GCSE; English Baccalaureate average point score per pupil was 2.6; 89% of its leavers in 2016 went onto further education or employment, and its Attainment 8 score was 34.4.
SAT school, Irlam and Cadishead College, which had huge problems in 2017, as the Salford Star revealed pupils' subject options were being changed after they had been chosen (see here), was the third worst school in the city.
Its Progress 8 score was -1, with only 18% of pupils getting Grade 5 or above in English and Maths GCSE; English Baccalaureate average point score per pupil was 2.83; and its Attainment 8 score was 35.7 (no figure published for school leavers in further education or employment).
While these schools all have to educate some of the most disadvantaged pupils in the city, Irlam and Cadishead College has gone from 'Average' to 'Well Below Average' over the last year, while Harrop Fold was judged 'Inadequate' by OFSTED last November.
The Salford Local Plan, published last week, talks a lot about 'fairness' and 'equal opportunities'...The Salford City Mayor's Anti-Poverty Strategy talks about closing "the educational attainment gap between those from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers".
...These latest figures seem to show the process going into reverse.
To see all the revised education results for all schools in Salford – click here
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