Context of our results and Destinations

Wexham is a non-selective school in a fully selective local authority. This means the vast majority of more able children sit the 11+ and join one of four grammar schools in the town. Whilst across England there are some 163 grammar schools there are more than 3000 comprehensive schools educating 90%+ of all students, most of which do not reside in fully selective areas unlike Wexham.

Wexham School has the highest number of what the government terms 'disadvantaged' students in Slough (well above the national average) and we have high numbers of students whose first language is not English, many are at the early stages of learning. Some of our students will never feature on Progress 8 data as they were not entered by their primary school for SATs or were not in the country to sit them and therefore no matter how well they perform in their GCSE examinations their performance does not count as part of the school's overall P8 score, for our current Year 11 cohort this equates to 40% of our students. 

Every year we have children achieving the highest grades at Wexham. Every year students from Wexham move on into employment, further training or to universities where they study a broad range of qualifications, including medicine and law. We are exceptionally proud of all our students’ achievements; whatever their starting point and whatever their background. We are inclusive and proud to be so. 

GCSE EXAMINATION RESULTS 2020

The results this year demonstrate a three year improvement. With a significantly smaller proportion of higher attaining students the 5+ measures are slightly lower.

	2020	2019	2018
Grade 4+ in English and Maths	53%	45%	41%
Grade 4+ in English	60%	59%	58%
Grade 4+ in Maths	61%	53%	50%
Grade 5+ in English and Maths	22%	29%	14%
Grade 5+ English	34%	44%	38%
Grade 5+ in Maths	26%	33%	23%
English Baccalaureate	24%	12%	7%
English Baccalaureate APS	3.39	3.29	3.16
Progress 8	-0.29	-0.62	-0.88
Attainment 8	37.42	36.47	34.54

Destinations for Y11 Cohort 2017

This is the latest available data

Destination Type	School Percentage	England state-funded schools
Pupils staying in education or employment for at least 2 terms after key stage 4	94%	94%
Pupils staying in education for at least 2 terms after key stage	92%	86%
Further education college or other further education provider	44%	37%
School sixth form	46%	37%
Pupils not staying in education or employment for at least 2 terms after key stage 4	4%	5%
Destination unknown	3%	1%

KS5 Examination Results 2020

A Levels

	2020	2019
A* - A	6%	4%
A* - B	23%	8%
A* - C	54%	33%
A* - E	95%	81%

POST 16 Progress Information

	2020	2019	2018
A Levels	0.66	-0.22	-0.23
Academic Qualifications	0.66	-0.21	-0.24
Applied General	-0.28	0.78	0.79
English Resit	-	0.99	-0.09
Maths Resit	-	0.69	0.08

Post 16-19 Study: Destinations Information

Following completion of a student’s 16-19 programme of study the school is required to identify where those students have gone next. The information below is the current picture for those students who completed their 16-19 study in July 2020. 

Destination Type	Number	Percentage
University	54	89%
Unknown	7	11%