Performance & Results

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Statement of Results - Academic Year 2023-24

Prendergast Ladywell School is delighted to announce another year of exceptional GCSE results. Students have achieved remarkable outcomes, setting the stage for their future academic pursuits.

A significant number of students surpassed expectations, with 60% of all grade 4 or above, and 43% attaining grades 5 or above. These strong performances reflect the dedication and hard work of both students and staff.

Particular commendation goes to individual students who excelled in their studies. Yu Yan, Amelie, He, and Asher achieved an impressive number of top grades, including multiple Grade 9s.

The school's commitment to providing a supportive and nurturing environment has undoubtedly contributed to these outstanding results. Prendergast Ladywell School is proud to have enabled its students to achieve their full potential and progress to the next stage of their education, including Prendergast Sixth Form.

Headteacher, Niall Hand, expressed his immense pride in the students' accomplishments: "I am thrilled to see our students achieve such excellent results. Their hard work and dedication, coupled with the support of our dedicated staff, have led to these outstanding outcomes. We look forward to celebrating their continued successes in the years to come."

Statement of Results - Academic Year 2020-21

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the GCSE, BTEC and Cambridge National results for our Year 11 students in the academic year 2020-2021 have been awarded using; Teacher Assessed Grades (TAGs), and Qualification Level Teacher Assessed Grades (Q-TAGs) for BTEC courses.

It is important we all recognise the value of these grades awarded to our students this year. These grades represent teachers’ professional evaluation and judgement of each students’ knowledge and skills in each of their subjects. We value what our Year 11 students have achieved and the progress they have made at Prendergast Ladywell School.

Due to the way in which grades have been awarded, there will be no recording or reporting of performance measures by the Department of Education, this has been suspended for the 2020-2021 GCSE, BTEC and Cambridge National outcomes.

It is therefore not appropriate to celebrate these awards in the ways we have done in the past, reporting our Progress against the National Benchmark, or the % of grades at different thresholds.

We do, however, want to publicly recognise the exceptional results by some of our students:

Alessia Akabueze -4 Grade 9s, 1 Grade 8, 1 Grade 7

Andrea Maqui Fajardo – 3 Grade 9s, 1 Grade 8,1 Grade 7

Jo Jackson - 2 Grade 9s, 2 Grade 8, 2 Grade 7s

Maja Waclawek- 1- Grade 9,3 Grade 8s, 2 Grade 7s

Undine Bite – 1 Grade 9, 3 Grade 8s, 1 Grade 7

Jaden Skerrett- 1 Distinction*, 1 Grade 8, 2 Grade 7s

Nuria Santos – 1 Grade 9, 1 Grade 8, 3 Grade 7s

Terry Adams- 2 Grade 8s, 1 Distinction, 3 Grade 7s

Martha Witham- 4 Grade 8s, 1 Grade 7

Lemario Bruce – 2 Grade 8s, 4 Grade 7’s

Statement of Results - Academic Year 2019-20

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the GCSE results for students in the academic year 2019-2020 have been awarded through a combination teacher’s assessment in a Centre Assessed Grade or CAG, and implementation of a national algorithm established by Ofqual. No teacher assessed grade was reduced by this algorithm, a small number of grades were increased.

It is important that we all recognise the value of these GCSE grades awarded to our students this year. These grades represent teachers’ honest and professional evaluation of each students’ work and their achievements in each of their subjects. We value what the students have achieved and the progress they have made at Prendergast Ladywell School.

We believe that had examinations gone ahead as planned that we would be able to report that our outcomes had improved for the sixth successive year. However, due to the way in which grades have been awarded, there will be no recording or reporting of performance measures by the Department of Education, this has been suspended for the 2019-2020 GCSE outcomes.

It is therefore not appropriate to celebrate these awards in the ways we have done in the past, reporting our Progress against the National Benchmark, or the % of grades at different thresholds.

We do however, want to publically recognise the exceptional results by some of our pupils:

	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9
Rozalia Pitropova	1	3	4
Radi Dimcheva	1	3	3
Alex Feraru	1	3	3
Henrique Pontes Mendes	2	2	3
Rhianna Marshall	1	1	3
Rio Elliot	0	2	2
Dontae Allen Edmonds	1	1	2
Woody Elliot	0	5	1
Lilahni Miller-Smiley	4	1	1
Svetlin Paunov	3	4	0
San-J Julien Henry	3	3	0
Natalie Cole	3	3	0

Students have been successful in securing a place on their preferred A Level courses of study, with the Prendergast Federation Sixth Form provision the destination of choice for most.

All Prendergast Ladywell students have clear and supported progression routes to Post 16 provision in schools, colleges or through apprenticeships.

The Headteacher, Niall Hand said:

“I want to congratulate all of our year 11 leavers and wish them all the best in their future pursuits. The Covid 19 lockdown robbed these students of many of the rites of passage in school that we take for granted, the examinations, the end of year prom, and leaving assembly. I am pleased that our students have the GCSE outcomes which will allow them to pursue their chosen pathway in September.

I want to thank all the staff who have supported these students throughout the time at Prendergast Ladywell School, and who more recently worked so diligently to ensure accurate and fair CAGs were submitted to the exam board. A particular thanks go to the admin team, data manager and exams officer who have had to work even harder and more effectively than usual at this time to cope with confusion, indecision and delay from the DfE, Ofqual, and the Awarding authorities and who made sure that the students received their results on time.”

Results for Academic Year 2018-19

Prendergast Ladywell School are delighted to report improved GCSE outcomes for the fifth successive year for our Year 11 students; a reward for their hard work during their time at our school.

For the second successive year time the school has achieved a + Progress 8 residual. This time +0.33 which means that students at Prendergast Ladywell School make better progress with us, than the national average.

We are delighted that the targets that we set for ourselves this year; to narrow the progress gap between boys and girls and to ensure our high prior attaining students and our Pupil Premium students make progress in line with the national measure, have all be achieved.

Prendergast Ladywell Students achieved 50% Grade 4-9 in English and Mathematics, the headline attainment measure for student performance in England.

31% of students achieved English and Maths at grade 5+

18% of students secured the EBACC qualification which includes good GCSE’s in English, Mathematics, Science/Computing, MFL and History or Geography.

There were some exceptional results by individual students:

Ruby Fox: 6x Grade 9, 2x Grade 8, 1x Grade 7
Kelvin Amadi: 6x Grade 9, 1x Grade 8, 1x Grade 7
Alisha Bruce: 4x Grade 9, 4 x Grade 8, 1x Grade 7
Nelly Aziatchi Bema: 3x Grade 9, 4x Grade 8
Ava Tambala: 1x Grade 9, 2x Grade 8 5x Grade 7

Students have been successful in securing a place on their preferred A Level courses of study, with the Prendergast Federation Sixth Form, the destination of choice for most. All Prendergast Ladywell students have clear and supported progression routes to Post 16 provision in schools, colleges or through apprenticeships.

A number of subjects performed particularly well, of note are the outcomes in:

GCSE @ Grade 4+

Spanish – 89%
RE 76%
Art - 72%
French - 68%
Science 67%
History - 64%
Geography – 63%
English 61%
Mathematics 58%

BTEC @ Pass+

PE – 100%
Performing Arts - 80%
Music – 73%
Health and Social Care – 62%

The Headteacher Niall Hand said:

“Our results this year have been our best ever, yet again, now for the 5^th successive year!

I am really pleased that the school Progress 8 number has improved again, and is now above the National measure, recorded at +0.33. For the first time we can say that students here at Prendergast Ladywell School do better than the national average.

It is disappointing, that this really important number will not be recognised in the DFE performance table when they are published. The data the DFE holds and measures for the Progress 8 score does not represent all the students we have taught, and who sat examination with us, our +0.33 calculation is reliable and inclusive of the whole cohort.

Our continually improving outcomes are built on the foundation of English Mathematics and Science, although we have areas of excellence across the school.

At the beginning of the academic year we set targets with the governors of the school to improve the progress of our boys, our high prior attaining students and our disadvantaged students in year 11. We have been successful in ensuring that all these cohorts now make progress in line with the national measure. I am incredibly proud of this, it demonstrates the effectiveness of the teaching and learning here at Prendergast Ladywell School, and the support and the high aspirations we have for all our young people.”

Everyone has worked incredibly hard, and Prendergast Ladywell students are reaping the rewards of their dedication and talent.”

Results for Academic Year 2017-18

Prendergast Ladywell School are delighted to report improved GCSE outcomes for the fourth successive year for our Year 11 students; a reward for their hard work during their time at our school.

For the first time the school has achieved a + Progress 8 residual, +0.01 which means that students at Prendergast Ladywell School make as much progress with us, as the national average.

Prendergast Ladywell Students have achieved 54% Grade 4-9 in English and Mathematics, a new measure for student performance in England.

This represents an increase of 5% on our 2017 outcomes, and a 19% increase on our 2015 outcomes at a time when GCSE results are declining across England. Prendergast Ladywell School continues to improve attainment, and provide more and more student access to A Level study, Post 16

34% of students achieved English and Maths at grade 5+

24% of students secured A*- C grades in the EBACC qualification which includes good GCSE’s in English, Mathematics, Science, MFL and History or Geography.

There were some exceptional results by individual students:

Seth Harris: 5x Grade 9, 3x Grade 8, 1x Grade 7
David Bolorinwa: 3x Grade 9, 1x Grade 8, 4x Grade 7
Spike Elliot: 2x Grade 9, 1 x Grade 8, 5x Grade 7
Shannon O’Connor: 3x Grade 9, 3x Grade 8
Anna Nicholl- Dovell: 3x Grade 8, 4x Grade 7

Our students have been successful in securing their place on their preferred A Level courses of study, with the Prendergast Federation Sixth Form the destination of choice for most.

All Prendergast Ladywell students have clear and supported progression routes to Post 16 provision in schools, colleges or through apprenticeships.

A number of subjects performed particularly well, of note are the outcomes in:

GCSE @ Grade 4+

Music - 91%
Physical Education - 81%
French - 80%
Spanish – 79%
Media Studies 72%
History - 67%
English Literature 64%
Mathematics 64%
English Language – 62%
Geography – 62%

BTEC

Performing Arts 93%
Health and Social Care – 89%
Sport – 81%

The Headteacher Niall Hand said:

“Our results this year have been our best ever, yet again!

I am so proud of the fantastic results students from Prendergast Ladywell School have achieved.

I am really pleased that the school Progress 8 number has improved again, and is now in line with National, recorded at +0.02. For the first time we can say that students here at Prendergast Ladywell School do as well as the national average.

It is disappointing, that this really important number will not be recognised in the DFE performance table when they are published. The data the DFE holds and measures for the Progress 8 score does not represent all the students we have taught, and who sat examination with us, our +0.02 calculation is reliable and inclusive of all the cohort.

Our improving outcomes are built on the foundation of significant improvements in English Mathematics and Science, although we have areas of excellence across the school.

I am also delighted that the Pupil Premium Gap in the school is small, disadvantaged students are well served at Prendergast Ladywell School and this measure is also improving rapidly towards the National figure.

Everyone has worked incredibly hard, and Prendergast Ladywell students are reaping the rewards of their dedication and talent.”

Results for Academic Year 2016 - 2017

Prendergast Ladywell School are delighted to report improved GCSE outcomes for the third successive year for our Year 11 students; a reward for their hard work during their time at our school.

Prendergast Ladywell Students have achieved 47% Grade 4-9 in English and Mathematics, the new measure for student performance in England.

This represents an increase of 5% on our 2016 outcomes, and a 14% increase on our 2015 outcomes at a time when GCSE results are declining across England. Prendergast Ladywell School is bucking this trend as we continue to improve our school.

25% of students secured A*- C grades in the EBACC qualification which includes good GCSE’s in English, Mathematics, Science, MFL and History or Geography. This represents an increase of 8% on 2016 outcomes and 20% on 2015 outcomes.

There were some exceptional results by individual students:

George Wooten Espejo: Maths – 9, English - 8, 4x A* grades
Daria Chirica: Maths – 8, English - 7, 4x A* grades
Omer Kolcak: Maths - 8, English - 7, 3x A* grades
Femi Fatusin: Maths - 8, English – 7, 2x A* grades
De’Tria Mclean: Maths – 8, English – 7, 3x A grades

Our students have been successful in securing their place on their preferred A Level courses of study, with the Prendergast Federation Sixth Form the destination of choice for most. All Prendergast Ladywell students have clear and supported progression routes to Post 16 provision in schools, colleges or through apprenticeships.

A number of subjects performed particularly well, of note are the outcomes in:

GCSE

Art - 86% A*-C,
French - 80% A*-C
Spanish – 71% A*-C
History - 64% A*-C
English Literature 63%
Geography – 62% A*-C

BTEC

Sport – 89%
ICT – 74%

The Headteacher Niall Hand said:

“We are proud of the fantastic results students from Prendergast Ladywell School are collecting today, in the first year of the new GCSEs, with English and maths tougher than previously, and new grades introduced as well. Our students and staff have stepped up to the challenge brilliantly – as we knew they would.

“Everyone has worked incredibly hard, and Prendergast Ladywell students are reaping the rewards of their dedication and talent.”

“I am particularly proud that Prendergast Ladywell School has continued to improve for the third year in a row, and look forward to making it four next year.”

Results for Academic Year 2015 - 2016

Students at Prendergast Ladywell School have enjoyed another series of successful examination outcomes as a reward for their hard work during the time at our school.

Prendergast Ladywell Students have achieved 43% A*-C in English and Mathematics, the new measure for student performance in England.

This represents an increase of 9% on last year’s outcomes at a time when GCSE results are declining across England. Prendergast Ladywell School is bucking this trend as we continue to improve our school.

17% of students secured A*- C grades in the EBACC qualification which includes good GCSE’s in English, Mathematics, Science, MFL and History or Geography. This represents an increase of 12% on 2015 outcomes.

There were excellent results by individual students: Ayotunde Norman-Williams: 10x A*/A, Alicia Harris and Michaela Dede: 8x A*-A, Oghenefega Ibodje: 7x A*-A, Gina Dunkley: 6x A*-A, Amar John and Nathan Andrzejak: 5x A*-A.

Many of our students have been successful in securing their place on their preferred A Level courses of study, with an increasing number opting to remain in the Prendergast Federation Sixth Form. All students have clear progression routes to colleges or apprenticeships.

A number of subjects performed particularly well, of note are the outcomes in:

GCSE

RE - 95% A*-C,
Geography – 85% A*-C
French - 77% A*-C
History - 66% A*-C
Graphics – 64% A*-C

BTEC

ICT – 71%
PE – 71%

The Head and Staff would like to thank the students and our parental community for their support during the last five years.

2015-16 – Provisional, un-validated results, subject to changes

Progress 8 score

Attainment 8 score

% of pupils who got a good pass in English and maths

% of pupils achieving the EBACC combination of subjects

Students ‘destinations’ (% who continue in education or training, or move to employment at the end of 16 to 19 study programme)

-0.19

4.17

43%

17%

https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/100747?tab=pup-dest

We wish all our students the very best in their future endeavours.

Prendergast Ladywell School
Your Choice, Your Future

Results for Academic Year 2014 - 2015

Please see our results day video for 2015:

34% achieved a C or above in GCSEs (or equivalent) in 5 or more subjects, including English and Maths.

5% achieved the English Baccalaureate.

61% of pupils achieved the expected levels of progress in Mathematics between KS2 and KS4.

48% of students achieved the expected levels of progress in English between KS2 and KS4.

Notable Subject performance:

BTEC Health and Social Care 100% A*-C
GCSE Art 67% A*-C
GCSE French 67% A*-C
GCSE History 66% A*-C
GCSE Additional Science 72% A*-C
GCSE Religious Education 67% A*-C

Notable Student Achievements:

Wonder Atta – 5x A*-A grades
Fatime Krasniqi – 9x A*-A grades
Quay Lam - 5x A*-A grades
Hannah Madronero – 5x A*-A grades
Robert O’Connor - 6x A*-A grades
Lorena Rodovalho – 5x A*- A grades
Alexandrina Von Mann – 7X A*-A grades

2014-15

Progress 8 score	Attainment 8 score	% of pupils who got a good pass in English and maths	% of pupils achieving the EBACC combination of subjects	Students ‘destinations’ (% who continue in education or training, or move to employment at the end of 16 to 19 study programme)
-0.07	4.21	35%	5%	https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/100747?tab=pup-dest

Results for Academic Year 2013-2014

Prendergast Ladywell School secured its best ever GCSE results in 2014!

Please see our video of Results day 2014:

Significant Improvement in Prendergast Ladywell School Students Achieving Excellence

Governors are delighted to announce significant improvement in the academic achievement of Year 11 Students this year at Ladywell. The headline figure improved by 10% at a time when results declined nationally.

Attainment at 46% 5x A*-C including English and Mathematics means students achieved the best results since the school became part of the Prendergast Federation, and therefore in the history of the school; this is a 9% increase on the 2013 results.

A*-A grades have increased by 4% and are in line with National outcomes whilst A*-B grades by improved 8% compared to 2013 outcomes.

Staff were very pleased to have made a step change in students’ achievement and are delighted for them and their families, providing ever more of our students the qualifications they need to pursue the education, employment or training of their choice.

Results have improved significantly in English, History, Music, Science, and RE, whilst areas of historical strength for the school such as Art, Drama, and Sport have continued to flourish.

This meant that 46% of student achieved 5x A*-C grades including English and Maths, an increase of 10 percentage points at a time when there was significant turbulence in the examination results nationally.

Progress in English and Maths was good. 78% of pupils made 3 levels of progress in English and a very impressive 48% made 4 levels of progress. In Maths 50% made 3 levels of progress and 19% made 4 levels of progress.

57% of all qualifications were A* – C

67% of students achieved A*- C in English – significantly ahead of the national figure

52% of students achieved A*- C in Maths