Number of Schools Responding:... 30
1. Ability Groupings
State the arrangements for grouping pupils by ability, eg mixed ability, half year setting etc, for each year 7 to 11. Please indicate any changes over the last three years and any future plans.
Number of Schools:
Mixed Setted Partial setting
Ability
Year 7 9 5 16
Year 8 5 9 16
Year 9 3 11 16
Year 10 1 13 16
Year 11 1 13 16
2. Timetabled time
State the timetabled time for mathematics in each year 7 to 11 as a percentage of the timetabled week. Please indicate any changes over the last three years and any future plans.
Current situation:
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | Year 10 | Year 11 | |
| Mean | 12.45 | 12.70 | 12.39 | 12.56 | 12.55 |
| Mode | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
| Median | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
| Least | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Greatest | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17.5 | 17.5 |
3. Capitation
State the amount per pupil for years 7 to 11, ie an overall figure for KS3 and 4. Please indicate if this includes all costs, eg duplicating? Please indicate any changes over the last three years and any future plans.
70% of the surveyed schools indicated that their capitation figure did include all costs and of these schools the figures given per pupil:
4. Resources
State the main resources in use, eg textbooks, software. Indicate the main resources for low attainers in Years 7 to 11. Please indicate any changes over the last three years and any future plans.
A huge variety of resources were named with most schools using a wide range to supplement their own programme of work. Of those resources specifically named the following were the most popular:
TOP 5 Published Schemes/texts:
TOP 5 Software/IT
5. Examination Courses
State the GCSE examination board and syllabus(es) used, indicating the course for low attainers. Please indicate any changes over the last three years and any future plans.
MEG and SEG were the most popular boards with ULEAC third. Schools were equally divided between the particular syllabusses offered by these boards.
The most popular low attainer options were the SMP(11-16) Graduated Assessment and AEB Numeracy.
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