The success of Limehills School is too complex to be mapped by National Standards data alone.
Most educators fear the inevitable league tables, not because we fear accountability, but because we have no confidence in the reliability of the data or the flawed system.
Limehills School has a diverse and multi cultural roll. We celebrate this. It adds a unique and special flavour to our unique and special school. However, when our National Standards achievement data was reported to the Ministry of Education at the end of 2011, 61% of our students had been at our school for less than two years and another 15% were from non English speaking backgrounds. And yet, we will be 'judged' alongside other very different schools by the % of students achieving at or above the National Standards in Reading, Writing and Mathematics.
Not fair. Not valid. Not helping our students achieve. (Even if all schools have interpreted the standards consistently....)
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