School Performance

The Academy has been consistently proud for many years of students' excellent performance on all of its courses. Once again in 2019 the Academy celebrated impressive results, sustaining the Academy's reputation for high academic attainment:

  • 82% of all GCSE grades at Grade 4+ (old lower of Grade C)
  • 71% of all GCSE grades at Grade 5+ (old higher of Grade C lower Grade B)
  • 50% of all GCSE grades at Grade 6+ (old higher of Grade B)
  • 34% of all GCSE grades at Grade 7+ (old Grade A)

  • 96% of students achieved a Grade 4+ in English
  • 90% of students achieved a Grade 4+ in Maths
  • 88% of students achieved a Grade 4+ in English and Maths
  • 91% of students achieved a Grade 4+ in Science

  • 88% of students achieved a Grade 5+ in English
  • 75% of students achieved a Grade 5+ in Maths
  • 72% of students achieved a Grade 5+ in English and Maths
  • 81% of students achieved a Grade 5+ in Science

  • 45% of students achieved a Grade 7+ in English
  • 35% of students achieved a Grade 7+ in Maths
  • 27% of students achieved a Grade 7+ in English and Maths
  • 44% of students achieved a Grade 7+ in Science

  • 45 students (almost a quarter of students) achieved at least 1 Grade 9
  • 14 students achieved a Grade 9 in English
  • 16 students achieved a Grade 9 in Maths
  • 32 students achieved a Grade 9 in Science

  • 100% of students achieved at least 6 GCSEs, including in English, Maths and Science

  • 93% of students were entered for the EBacc (English, Maths, Science, a MFL and a Humanities subject.
  • 60% achieved a Grade 4+ in all the EBacc subjects
  • 39% achieved a Grade 5+ in all the EBacc subjects

    • Vocational Qualifications: OCR Sports Studies, Certificate in Digital Applications, BTEC Creative Media (45% of students completed at least one Vocational Qualification)

  • 34% of students achieved the equivalent of Grade 7+
  • 72% of students achieved the equivalent of Grade 5+
  • 99% of students achieved the equivalent of Grade 4+

NB Summary of Summer 2019 GCSE Results:

  The County High School, Leftwich  Local Authority (Cheshire West and Chester)  
% of cohort achieving a 'Standard' Pass (ie Grade 4 or higher) in both English and Mathematics 88%  67% 
% of cohort achieving a 'Strong' Pass (ie Grade 5 or higher) in both English and Mathematics 72%  45% 
% of cohort entered for the English Baccalaureate 93%  49% 
% of cohort achieving the English Baccalaureate (at 4+) 60%  28% 
% of cohort achieving the English Baccalaureate (at 5+) 39%  18% 
Average EBacc Average Points Score 5.6  4.8 
Attainment 8 (ie average GCSE score in Attainment 8 subjects) 59.0  43.4 
Progress 8 (ie average progress from KS2 compared to national average)

2019 data not available at time of going to press

Student Destinations

This data, published in January 2018, is for students who completed key stage 4 in 2015, which is the most recent data available.

  • Students staying in employment for at least 2 terms after key stage 4 was 96% compared to 93% at local authority state-funded schools and 94% England state-funded schools.
  • Students staying in education for at least 2 terms after key stage 4 was 89% compared to 83% at local authority state-funded schools and 86% England state-funded schools.
  • Further education college or other further education provider was 28% compared to 28% at local authority state-funded schools and 34% England state-funded schools.
  • Sixth form college was 60% compared to 17% at local authority state-funded schools and 13% England state-funded schools.


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