Minster top in local ranking

The Minster School in Southwell continues to be the highest achieving school in the Advertiser area, according to the tables.

Although the pass rate drops from 78% to 68%, the school is the sixth best in Nottinghamshire when maths and English are included.

Sir William Robertson High School, Welbourn, which has many pupils from the Newark area, had a pass rate of 56% which drops to 42%. The average in Lincolnshire with English and maths was 51%.

Southwell Minster school’s sixth-form was also the best among schools in the Advertiser area for average points scores for A-level pupils.

It was ranked the seventh best out of 56 schools and colleges in the Nottinghamshire Learning and Skills Council area.

The 160 pupils at the Minster School who sat A-levels last summer had an average score of 836.

A-level passes are awarded scores which are used to determine whether candidates are given places on university courses.

An A grade receives 120 points, a B 100, a C 80, and a D 60. The Nottinghamshire average score was 709.2, and the national average was 731.1.

This means that on average each Minster School pupil scored the equivalent of one extra A grade A-level compared to the average pupil in Nottinghamshire

Toot Hill School, Bingham, was 14th with 784.5 and Tuxford School was 16th with 760.

The Grove School, Balderton, was ranked 22nd with a score of 746.3, and Radcliffe Dayncourt School was 27th with 689.5.

The Magnus Church of England School, Newark, was 29th with a score of 673.1. The Dukeries College, Ollerton, was bottom of the group, coming 37th with a score of 634.3.

Advertiser area school pass rates:

GCSE pass rates at five A*-Cs, including maths and English in %, with the schools’ overall pass rate in brackets: Southwell Minster: 68 (78); Tuxford: 57 (73); Toot Hill, Bingham: 57 (68); Radcliffe Dayncourt: 45 (55); Sir William Robertson, Welbourn: 42 (56); Grove: 32 (48); Magnus: 28 (45); Dukeries College, Ollerton: 24 (46); Newark High: 19 (61).