The Isle of Wight Council has commended local schools for the success of their 2022 Year 11 cohort following the publication of the provisional national data last week, despite results published by Ofqual back in September suggesting otherwise.
Back in September, Island Echo reported on data published by Ofqual saying that the GCSE results here on the Isle of Wight were the worst in the country.
However, according to the Isle of Wight Council, results have improved in all key measures with both the percentage of students achieving The Basics (English and maths) at 4+, which opens the door to college and sixth-form places and 5+ in The Basics, which is regarded as a higher pass, increasing.
This comes as a surprise though as September’s data states that just 65.8% of those who took their exams back in 2022 achieved grade 4 and above – over 10% less than the national average of 76.3%.
Additionally, according to the Council, what is particularly impressive and clearly illustrates the growth in education ambition across the Isle of Wight, is the increase in the percentage of pupils both entering and achieving in the EBacc, a suite of classic subjects. This has seen a positive surge in all measures compared to national averages.
In individual subjects, 68.7% of 16-year-old Island students achieved Grade 4 and above in Maths compared with 75.2% nationwide; 72.6% of Isle of Wight youngsters managed Grade 4 and above in English, with 77.2% of students achieving this grade in England as a whole.
Councillor Debbie Andre, Cabinet member for children’s services, education and skills said:
“The Department for Education has reiterated the message in its guidance on interpreting this year’s results that great care should be taking when looking at the results of each individual school, and results from previous years, as the impact of the pandemic has had much hidden and varied impact on outcomes.
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The council on a ‘face saving exercise ‘
Being lied to is the new truth.
Being lied to has been the truth since 2016.
Being lied to became the norm when Tony Blair justified invading Iraq on rumours not facts. So don’t go back to 2016 and a brexit vote cos at least we had a vote then which we didn’t when we went into the Common Market as it was known then
Come on then Stevie. Let’s have one promise that Bozo or Frogface made about Brexit that has been delivered.
You can’t because none have, while most of what “project fear” warned about actually has happened.
Blair lied once. Brexit was founded on lie after lie after lie after lie.
Downvotes don’t make the truth less true or you less gullible.
You had a vote after being told an absolute pack of lies about what you would get if you voted leave.
You were warned they were lies, but went ahead and did it anyway.
Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO2lWmgEK1Y
This is a video by The Times and highlights what an utter disaster Brexit has been, and will be.
Note that this is a presentation by The TImes, not the Guardian, etc, but a serious Tory affiliated paper that endorsed Bozo Johnson in the 2019 “Get Brexit Done” election. They are now saying Brexit was a mistake.
Why does almost every image have to show coloured people, when in reality on the Island, we have thankfully precious few still compared to Caucasians?
Is this a Government dictate or just IE choice to show how PC it is?
Truly interested to know.
Is it just me, or does there appear to be a high proportion of racist scum posting here?
Failing Council congratulates failing students and future employees.
If the pupils went to school for a full day, not finish at 3 o’clock and even 2 o’clock in Mondays, then the grades would be infinitely better.
What? Like it was “back in your day”?
Oh wait. No it wasn’t.
Schools days have always ended at 3 or 3:30.