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SCHOOL BANDINGS: Pontypool school jumps up rankings - but mixed picture for Gwent
2:00pm Tuesday 18th December 2012 in Campaign news
THERE was a mixed picture for Gwent schools today as bandings for Welsh schools were released.
St. Albans R.C. High School in Pontypool reversed its 4 ranking from last year by achieving a 1 ranking this year – the highest possible.
Other schools in Torfaen are all in the 4 or 5 bands.
In Newport, Caerleon Comprehensive School slipped from the 2 to 4 band, while Bassaleg School stepped up to band 2 from 3. St Joseph's RC High School went down from 1 to 2 band. Hartridge/Llanwern School fell from band 3 to 5.
Some Blaenau Gwent schools continued to fare badly, with Ebbw Vale Comprehensive School falling from band 2 to 4 and Abertillery Comprehensive School from 4 to 5. Tredegar Comprehensive School stayed in band 5.
In Monmouthshire Caldicot School jumped from band 5 to 3, while there were falls for King Henry VII in Abergavenny, which slipped from band 3 to 5 and Chepstow Comprehensive School which fell from band 3 to 4. Monmouth Comprehensive School stayed in band 3.
Caerphilly continued to boast a band 1 school in Islwyn, with Oakdale Comprehensive School in the top rank. Newbridge fell from band 1 to 2 while Blackwood jumped from band 4 to 2.
FULL LIST OF GWENT SCHOOLS BANDING 2011 AND 2012:
Comments(18)
Owain Vaughan
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3:40pm Tue 18 Dec 12
Utterly shoddy reporting.
regescu72
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7:27pm Tue 18 Dec 12
philjay72
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7:54pm Tue 18 Dec 12
fedupjon
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8:04pm Tue 18 Dec 12
Tak523SC
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8:40pm Tue 18 Dec 12
dragonlady1
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10:36pm Tue 18 Dec 12
tracy evans
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11:47pm Tue 18 Dec 12
dragonlady1 wrote:somebody really needs 2 explain this article as it makes no sense at all...SWA you need to get new reporters who know and explain what they are on about
I wonder what excuse Torfaen will use to try yet again to close St Albans
cathmcla
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7:49am Wed 19 Dec 12
Owain Vaughan wrote:Owain, if you read again, the report states that 'Caldicot School jumped from band 5 to 3', not 3 to 5.
Also how can Caldicot School *jump* from band 3 to 5, whereas King Henry VII in Abergavenny *slipped* from band 3 to 5?
Utterly shoddy reporting.
What was that about shoddy reporting. ;)
Cymru Am Beth
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8:28am Wed 19 Dec 12
Caerleon consistently gets very good results and has been put in band 4.
It is not about results though, it is about socialist engineering, to make the chav schools feel better.
I am certain that if you were to compare like with like on academic terms, Caerleon would probably come in band1.
The truth hurts, as academic prowess above all else is likely to get someone a good career.
This is kidology at its best from the powers to be in that pathetic excuse for a government in Cardiff.
Cymru Am Beth
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8:34am Wed 19 Dec 12
I think that these bandings have to be treated with the contempt that they deserve.
I know which school I would like to send my child to if they wanted to get a good career and it certainly wouldn't be any of these.
Absolute b****y joke.
Dugstar
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8:45am Wed 19 Dec 12
Owain Vaughan
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9:40am Wed 19 Dec 12
cathmcla wrote:Fairly obviously they have corrected the wording Ex post facto.
Owain Vaughan wrote:Owain, if you read again, the report states that 'Caldicot School jumped from band 5 to 3', not 3 to 5.
Also how can Caldicot School *jump* from band 3 to 5, whereas King Henry VII in Abergavenny *slipped* from band 3 to 5?
Utterly shoddy reporting.
What was that about shoddy reporting. ;)
Cwmderi
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11:33am Wed 19 Dec 12
Only three schools in the whole of Greater Gwent awarded top ranking.
Ysgol Cwm Rhymni
Oakdale Comprehensive
Torfaen Catholic School.
Well done to those schools who have managed to jump through all the hoops and obsticles set by Mr Andrews.
Anne teak
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2:49pm Wed 19 Dec 12
Obviously WAG has read it too.
paul m roberts
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3:18pm Wed 19 Dec 12
gadget
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4:41pm Wed 19 Dec 12
Cymru Am Beth wrote:I couldnt agree more . nice comment
This is absolute drivel.
Caerleon consistently gets very good results and has been put in band 4.
It is not about results though, it is about socialist engineering, to make the chav schools feel better.
I am certain that if you were to compare like with like on academic terms, Caerleon would probably come in band1.
The truth hurts, as academic prowess above all else is likely to get someone a good career.
This is kidology at its best from the powers to be in that pathetic excuse for a government in Cardiff.
qawsedrftgyh
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8:29pm Wed 19 Dec 12
Cymru Am Beth wrote:You aren’t incorrect in terms of the banding.
This is absolute drivel.
Caerleon consistently gets very good results and has been put in band 4.
It is not about results though, it is about socialist engineering, to make the chav schools feel better.
I am certain that if you were to compare like with like on academic terms, Caerleon would probably come in band1.
The truth hurts, as academic prowess above all else is likely to get someone a good career.
This is kidology at its best from the powers to be in that pathetic excuse for a government in Cardiff.
But your reference to some of the schools as “chav schools” is out of order. Many of them are making improvements, and are just stuck with bad reputations.
I’m a student in a school with a pretty bad reputation, should I say, “a chav school”. So please, do tell me more about the unlikelihood of me getting a good career and my forthcoming life on the dole.
JJ2047 says...
3:19pm Tue 18 Dec 12
is it 1 Great 5 really bad?