Latest league tables leave Sleaford school on a High
PUPILS at Kesteven and Sleaford High School have taken the area's top honours as the Government releases new league tables based on the 2008 GCSE examinations.
Students achieved a 97 per cent pass rate of five A*-C grades (or equivalent) including English and Maths.
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Achievers: Six pupils from Carre's were among the country's top 10 high achievers in the English: Double Award GCSE. James Garriock (second left) was one of them. He is pictured here with, from left, Alex Lewin, Joe Broster and Jack Brook.
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Over the moon: Kesteven and Sleaford High School's Kirsty Condon was one of Kesteven and Sleaford High School's high achievers in the 2008 results. She received 11 A* GCSE grades.
The school's result comes against a county-wide average of 71.1 per cent and a national average of 64 per cent.
The High School is now ranked eighth in Lincolnshire County Council's top 10 secondary schools.
Kesteven and Sleaford High School headteacher Alison Ross said: "It's been an outstanding year for our Year 11 pupils and I am absolutely delighted.
"This is a fantastic result and thanks go to the staff for all their hard work."
Another high-performing Sleaford school was Carre's Grammar, with 92 per cent of its students achieving five A*-C grades.
The school was placed sixteenth in the county's league tables.
Headteacher Nick Law had echoed Mrs Waton's sentiments.
He said: "It's been another year of very pleasing results with outstanding results from a large number of students.
"This is, once again, testament to the hard work of the students and dedicated staff."
Both schools now join the country's top 200 state schools.
But Billinghay's Lafford School, which is due for closure, appeared in the bottom 200 national tables.
Just 20 per cent of pupils there achieved the five grades, with 26 per cent of students achieving the same at Sleaford's Aveland High School.
Both schools have been ranked near bottom, at 64th and 60th respectively, in the county-wide league tables.
Students at Coteland's School in Ruskington fared better, with a pass rate of 32 per cent and a league table position of 50th.
But St George's College of Technology, in Sleaford, was ranked 22nd overall, with a pass rate of 57 per cent.
Overall, county pupils excelled at their GCSE examinations, achieving their best ever results last year.
And despite Lincolnshire schools dropping five places in the national league tables, performance exceeded regional and national figures.
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