The Fairer Schools Index has landed and researchers measured each education establishment against additional factors such as pupil demographics, ethnicity, and deprivation, alongside existing performance-based metrics. They say this removes some of the built-in bias against secondaries teaching children from deprived areas in the Department for Education’s league tables. The results, revealed exclusively by the Mirror, show the schools where teachers are beating the odds to make the greatest positive impact on pupils up to the age of 16.
Here are the best schools - and biggest climbers compared to the Department for Education’s ranking - in each region, according to the Fairer Schools Index:. Top five:. Chesterton Community College, Cambridgeshire (31). Trumpington Community College, Cambridgeshire (101).
Hethersett Academy, Norfolk (97). Sandringham School, Hertfordshire (121). Yavneh College, Hertfordshire (123). Biggest climber compared to DfE ranking: Ormiston Denes Academy, Suffolk - up 1,485. Number of pupils: 800. Type of School: Sponsored academy, Mixed. DfE ranking: 2,260.
Fairer School Index ranking: 775. Michaela Community School, Brent (2). Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School, Hackney (6). Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy, Hackney (8). Mossbourne Community Academy, Hackney (9). The St Thomas the Apostle College, Southwark (10).
