EXAMS and RESULTS

Results Day: Summer 2023

6th Form - Level 3 BTEC: 17 August 2023 (9am)

Year 11 - GCSE & Level 2 Vocational:  24 August 2023 (9am) 

Year 10 students are welcome to come into school after 10:30am on 24 August to collect their GCSE English Literature result. 

We look forward to welcoming you into college to collect your results. However, if you are unable to collect your results in person you may nominate a responsible adult to collect them on your behalf. In order to do so, you must provide to the school a signed letter of permission. Alternatively, you can request for your results to be posted. To request this please email arbor@walker.academy stating your full names, DOB and address. 


Obtaining past exam results or replacement exam certificates  

To obtain past results or replacement exam certificates please contact the awarding bodies using their online application forms. The awarding bodies’ website addresses are listed below. These organisations have incorporated boards that are no longer in existence.

They have on-line application forms and will make a charge. 

JCQ Update: Summer 2023 contingency days

The awarding bodies have collectively agreed on a contingency day for several years now, which is always scheduled at the end of the GCSE, GCE AS and A-level exam timetables.

The contingency day is in the event of a national or significant local disruption to exams in the United Kingdom, being part of the awarding bodies’ standard contingency planning for exams.

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, further resilience was needed within the exam timetables. A single contingency day was not felt to be sufficient if a national event or incident had a significant effect on the exam timetable. For example, summer exams could be affected by extremely high temperatures.

For the June 2023 exams, the awarding bodies have therefore introduced two additional half-day contingency sessions. These are on Thursday 8 June 2023 and Thursday 15 June 2023. The standard contingency day remains at the end of the timetable being scheduled on Wednesday 28 June 2023.

Parents should consider the contingency day of Wednesday 28 June 2023 when making their plans for the summer. Candidates should be encouraged to remain available until Wednesday 28 June 2023 should examinations need to be rescheduled.


► To view our results on the Government School Performance Tables, click HERE.

► For information about our 2021 assessments, please view our CENTRE ASSESSMENT 2021 page. 

KS4

Key Stage 4 and 16 to 18 validated performance measures were published by the Secretary of State for the 2021 to 2022 academic year in February 2023. This data was based on tests, exams and assessments from the 2021 to 2022 academic year. Given the uneven impact of the pandemic on school and college performance data, the government has said direct comparisons between the performance data for one school or college and another, or to data from previous years should not and can not be made accurately.

RESULTS 2021-22

Congratulations to those who completed their KS4 study with us in July 2021. 

 

    ■  English and Maths combined (achieving a grade 5 or above) → 26%

    ■  Progress 8 Score → -1.14

    ■  English Baccalaureate (students who were entered for the qualification) → 26 % 

    ■  EBacc (average point score) → 3.36

    ■  Average Attainment 8 score →  39.6


DESTINATIONS 2020

This data is for students who completed Key Stage 4 2020, which is the most recent data published.

The data refers to 176 students.

►  In EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT after KS4 - 85% 

      →  In EDUCATION - 80% 

      →  In EMPLOYMENT - 3%

      →  On an APPRENTICESHIP - 1%

 ►  Breakdown of students in EDUCATION:

      →  At a Further Education College or other FE provider - 62%

      →  At a SCHOOL SIXTH FORM - 15%

      →  At a SIXTH FORM COLLEGE - 0%

      →  Other education destinations - 3%


KS5

Advanced level qualifications (level 3)

"Due to the way that grades were awarded during the COVID-19 pandemic, qualification results achieved between January 2020 and August 2021, by students included in this year’s measures, are not included in the calculations. This may have had an impact on the results for this school or college, and we recommend that comparisons are not made with data from previous years, or directly with other providers. Comparisons to the local and national average should be made with caution.


Progress (value-added) measures were not produced at 16-18 this year as grades achieved between January 2020 and August 2021 would be required.  16-18 progress measures will return from 2023/24.

RESULTS 2020-21

Some details below are not available due to the volume of students studying at KS5, and in the interest of protecting personal data.


Students included in thes measures:

A Levels - 1 student 

→ (Results will not be published)


Academic qualifications (including A Levels) - 1 student 

→ (Results will not be published)


Applied general qualifications (broad vocational qualifications) - 12 students

→ Average result - Distinction, 35.69 points  

→ % of students retained and assessed - 75%  



RESULTS 2018-19

The results below are for those students who completed their KS5 studies with us in July 2019.

Our performance measures for KS5 have now been published (January 2020):

     ■  Progress:

 →  -0.36 (Academic A-Level courses)

 → 0.51 (Applied General courses)

 → 0.59 (Tech Levels)

     ■  Average Grade:

 → C (Academic A-Level courses)

 → Distinction + (Applied General courses)

 → Merit +, 28.52 (Tech Levels)

     ■  Level 2, GCSE progress:  

→ 0.71 (English)

      → -0.11 (Maths)

 ■ Progression:

→ Academic and Applied General qualifications;

► 49% - Students that progressed to higher education or training 

► -7 - Progression score

→ Technical qualifications;

► 13% - Students that progressed to higher education or training

► -23 - Progression score

     ■ Student Retention:

 → 63.6% (Academic A-Level courses)

 → 88.5% (Applied General courses)

 → 100% (Tech Levels)


DESTINATIONS

Students reaching the end of 16 to 18 study in 2020 and staying in education or employment for at least 2 terms after this. This is provisional data published in October 2022.

There were 38 students in this cohort.


►  In EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT/TRAINING after KS4 - 71% 

      →  In EDUCATION - 39% 

      →  Entering EMPLOYMENT - 26%

      →  Entering an APPRENTICESHIP - 5%

      →  Students NOT IN EDUCATION OR EMPLOYMENT for at least two terms after study - 16%

      →  Destination UNKNOWN - 13%

► To view the results of our school on the Government Performance Tables website select HERE to be re-directed.