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Hampshire County Council SACRE 6 November 2007 GCSE Results 2006-7 Report of the Director for Children's Services |
Item 6 |
Contact: Clive Erricker - County Inspector - RE (02392 441459)
1. Summary
1.1 This report presents GCSE results in religious education in 2006-7
1.2 This paper supports the Corporate Strategy (maximising well being) through the improvement of curriculum provision in religious education and the raising of standards
2. Background
2.1 Candidates for Full Course GCSE have increased by approximately 200 compared to 2006 and this represents an increase in both boy and girl candidates but especially in boys.
2.2 Candidates for Short Course GCSE have increased by well over 600 compared to 2006. The number of entries this year is comparable to the high numbers achieved in 2004. There is still parity of boys and girls entered.
2.3 Full Course results indicate that the performance of both boys' and girls' A*-C has decreased slightly since last year from 72.1% to 69.5% overall. Girls continue to outperform boys.
2.4 Short Course results indicate a decrease of approximately 5% in A*-C passes, compared to 2006, for both boys and girls. Girls still outperform boys.
2.5 Residuals for the Full Course indicate that there was a lower residual both for boys and girls in Hampshire in 2007 compared with 2006. There has been an improvement in the National residual for 2006 and the adjusted LA residual is very slightly less than that, this year.
2.6 In 2007 the National residual for RE Short Course has improved since last year. In comparison, Hampshire achieved very slightly less than the National subject residual overall, except for girls who performed well against the national subject residual.
2.7 GCSE results in terms of ethnicity for both the short and full RE course have been included for SACRE's perusal.
Appendix 1 GCSE 2007 results Religious Education Hampshire
Appendix 2 GCSE 2007 Short Course Results by Ethnicity
Appendix 3 GCSE 2007 Full Course Results by Ethnicity
Recommendation
That SACRE notes the report.
LINK(S) TO CORPORATE STRATEGY |
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Hampshire safer and more secure for all |
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Maximising well-being |
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Enhancing our quality of place |
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This proposal does not link to the Corporate Strategy but, nevertheless, requires a decision because: |
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