Exam Results

The Academy results have increased significantly in recent years, achieving it's best ever in 2010 with 86% of students achieving 5 A*-C grades or equivalent and 100% of students achieving at least 1 A*-G.

Please note that the graphs show provisional figures for 2010.

Value Added*

In 2009 The Hereford Academy was in the top 4% of schools nationally for overall progress, the national results for 2010 are yet to be finalised but we expect these to further improve the Academy's ranking.

Contextual Value Added (CVA) Key Stage 2 to 4

Non-Contextualised Value Added Key Stage 2 to 4

*What is Contextual Value Added?

Value added measures have been used in the Achievement and Attainment Tables (formerly known as Performance Tables) since 2002. They measure the attainment of pupils in comparison to pupils with similar prior attainment; this is fairer than using raw outcomes since schools can have very different levels of attainment on entry.

But there are many other factors that are related to the progress that pupils make in a school, such as levels of deprivation or special educational needs. Contextual value added aims to take account of these factors when measuring the effectiveness of a school or the progress made by individual pupils. Our models include the following attainment and contextual factors:

• Pupil prior attainment
• Gender
• Special Educational Needs
• First language (for given prior attainment)
• Measures of pupil mobility
• Age
• An "In care" indicator
• Ethnicity
• Free School Meals (for given Ethnicity)
• Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI)
• Average and range of prior attainment within the school (KS2-3, KS2-4 and KS3-4 only).

Following extensive consultation between the Department and academics, a CVA methodology, measuring progress between KS2-KS4, was developed and piloted. KS2-KS4 CVA measures will be published for all secondary schools featuring in the 2006 Secondary School Achievement and Attainment Tables.

Information obtained from http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/performance/1316367/CVAinPAT2005/

Attainment at Key Stage 4

Attainment, Average Total Points Score at Key Stage 4

This shows students' average total points scores for all subjects at GCSE and equivalent.

Attainment, Average Capped Point Score, best 8 subjects

This shows students' average points scores for their best 8 subjects at GCSE and equivalent since 2008.

Science 2010

96% of students achieved at least two A* - C at GCSE or equivalent in Science, the national figure for 2009 was53%.