Issue - meetings

Briefing ED14049

The Sub-Committee considered an information briefing outlining attainment figures for Local Authorities that were similar to Bromley.

On 18^th March 2014, the Education PDS Committee considered a report outlining the standards achieved in schools across Bromley during the academic year 2012-13, based on an analysis of recently published National Curriculum assessments and GCSE/GCE examination results from Summer 2013.  In considering this report, the Vice-Chairman of Education PDS Committee emphasised the need to focus on continuous improvement for all groups and requested that attainment figures for Local Authorities that were similar to Bromley be provided to the next meeting of Education Budget Sub-Committee for Members’ consideration.

Bromley generally performed well against its statistical neighbours.  Against all reported measures, Bromley was ranked in the top five and, against 16 of the reported measures, Bromley was ranked in the top three.  At Early Years Foundation Stage, Bromley had the highest attainment with 60% of pupils achieving a good level of development, and at Key Stage 4, Bromley also had the highest attainment, with 93% of pupils attaining 5+ A*-C GCSEs.

In discussion, Members were concerned that the high performance of many schools across the Borough, particularly those at secondary level, might make it more difficult to identify areas of low attainment where averages were used to assess pupil performance.  The Vice-Chairman also queried if the increased take up of vocational courses might impact the number of pupils attaining 5+ A*-C GCSEs in future academic years.

The Chairman requested that attainment figures for Local Authorities that were similar to Bromley be provided to Education PDS Committee in future as part of the annual report outlining of standards achieved in schools across Bromley during the previous academic year.

RESOLVED that the information briefing be noted.