A-Level results for each subject and for each secondary school

Summary

The requester asked for detailed A-Level grade breakdowns by subject for five secondary schools and University College Isle of Man for the years 2015 to 2017. The Department of Education, Sport and Culture partially upheld the request, providing the data via attachments for most institutions while noting that one school's results were already publicly available.

Key Facts

• The request covered A-Level grades (A* to Fail) for 2015, 2016, and 2017.
• Data was provided for Ballakermeen, Castle Rushen, QEII, Ramsey Grammar, and UCM via attachments.
• St Ninian's High School results were directed to an existing public website rather than provided as new attachments.
• The Department cited a policy against using league tables as a single formal measure for school performance.
• Consolidated Key Stage 5 information for 2013-2017 is published on the Department's website.

Data Disclosed

• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2013-2017
• 8 June 2018
• 2 July 2018
• 499635
• 15 pages
• 5 secondary schools

Original Request

For each of the 5 secondary schools and University College Isle of Man (UCM) on the Isle of Man, namely: * Ballakermeen High School * Castle Rushen High School * Queen Elizabeth II High School * Ramsey Grammar School * St Ninian's High School * University College Isle of Man I request under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 the following information: For each A Level (GCE) subject offered through an IoM secondary school and UCM, the number of A*, A, B, C, D, E, Fail grades awarded to students of the 5 secondary schools and UCM in the years 2015, 2016, 2017. To further clarify the request, for each school such data could be provide in a table where each line would take the following form: A Level Subject Number of A* grades Number of A grades Number of B grades Number of C grades Number of D grades Number of E grades Number of FAIL grades So for example for Ballakermeen High School you would have: Subject A* A B C D E FAIL Art & Design Biology …. The table will continue to cover in a separate line for the subject for which students were entered, and is likely to include (but not exclusively) the following subjects: Art & Design, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Design Technology, Economics, English Literature, English Language, French, Geography, German, Government and Politics, History, Information Technology, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Media Studies, Music, Physical Education, Philosophy, Physics, Religious Education, Sociology,

Data Tables (3)

Full Response Text

Corporate Services Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Hamilton House Peel Road, Douglas IM1 5EZ Telephone: (01624) 685808
Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im
Our ref: 499635 2 July 2018

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 8 June 2018 and which states:

"For each of the 5 secondary schools and University College Isle of Man (UCM) on the Isle of Man, namely: • Ballakermeen High School • Castle Rushen High School • Queen Elizabeth II High School • Ramsey Grammar School • St Ninian's High School • University College Isle of Man I request under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 the following information: For each A Level (GCE) subject offered through an IoM secondary school and UCM, the number of A, A, B, C, D, E, Fail grades awarded to students of the 5 secondary schools and UCM in the years 2015, 2016, 2017. To further clarify the request, for each school such data could be provide in a table where each line would take the following form: A Level Subject Number of A grades Number of A grades Number of B grades Number of C grades Number of D grades Number of E grades Number of FAIL grades So for example for Ballakermeen High School you would have: Subject A* A B C D E FAIL Art & Design Biology ….

The table will continue to cover in a separate line for the subject for which students were entered, and is likely to include (but not exclusively) the following subjects: Art & Design, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Design Technology, Economics, English Literature, English Language, French, Geography, German, Government and Politics, History, Information Technology, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Media Studies, Music, Physical Education, Philosophy, Physics, Religious Education, Sociology,"

I have listed below the available information, further details of which can be found in the various attachments to this letter. Please note that this is reproduced in the form held by the Schools/UCM.

• Ballakermeen High School – see attachments 1A, 1B, 1C • Castle Rushen High School – see attachments 2A, 2B • Queen Elizabeth II High School – see attachments 3A, 3B, 3C • Ramsey Grammar School – see attachment 4A, 4B, 4C • St Ninian's High School – already publicly available at https://snhs.sch.im/pages/index/view/id/33/Exam%20Results • University College Isle of Man – see attachment 5 By way of further advice and assistance you may be interested to note that a range of consolidated KS5 information (2013-2017) is already published by the Department on its website, details of which can be found in the following link:- https://www.gov.im/media/1359888/attainment-ks5-2017.pdf

Whilst the Department is happy to provide the attached and above information we would draw your attention to the Department’s policy not to adopt league tables as a single formal measure to assess the performance of local schools. In this regard you may find the overview paper available via the following link of interest:- https://www.gov.im/media/1359585/arguments-against-league-tables-december- 2017.pdf Please quote the reference number 499635 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely

Attachment 1A – Ballakermeen High School A2 Results Information 2014-15

Attachment 1B – Ballakermeen High School A2 Results Information 2015-16

Attachment 1C – Ballakermeen High School A2 Results Information 2016-17

Attachment 2A – Castle Rushen High School A2 Results Information

Attachment 2B – Castle Rushen High School A2 Results Information

Attachment 3A – QE2 High School A2 Results Information 2017

Attachment 3B – QE2 High School A2 Results Information 2016

Attachment 3C – QE2 High School A2 Results Information 2015

Attachment 4A – Ramsey Grammar School A2 Results Information 2017 A* A B C D E U Agriculture BTEC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Biology 2 3 2 1 4 1 0 Business Studies 0 5 10 2 4 1 0 Chemistry 3 1 3 2 2 2 0 Computer Science 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Design Technology 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Drama 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 Economics 0 3 8 5 2 1 0 English Language 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 English Literature 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 French 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Further Mathematics 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 General Studies 2 4 12 14 10 5 0 Geography 0 3 5 4 0 1 0 Geology 8 2 4 2 0 1 0 History 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 ICT Applied 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 Mathematics 5 1 4 3 7 2 0 Music Technology BTEC 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Photography 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 Physics 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 Politics 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 Psychology 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 Religious Studies 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 Sociology 0 0 2 4 3 0 1 Spanish 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Travel and Tourism 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 World Development 2 3 6 3 2 2 0

Attachment 4B – Ramsey Grammar School A2 Results Information 2016 A* A B C D E U Art & Design 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 Photography 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 Biology 0 1 0 2 3 3 0 Business Studies 0 2 4 9 4 0 0 Chemistry 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Drama 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 Economics 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 English Literature 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 French 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 General Studies 1 1 6 7 13 12 0 Geography 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 History 0 1 4 6 1 0 0 Information Technology (Voc) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 Mathematics 1 1 3 2 3 1 0 Mathematics Further 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Music Technology (Voc) 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Physics 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Politics 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 Science: Environmental 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Science: Geology 3 6 3 0 2 0 0 Spanish 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sport/PE Studies 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 Travel & Tourism 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 World Development 0 4 10 5 1 2 0

Attachment 4C – Ramsey Grammar School A2 Results Information 2015 A* A B C D E U Art & Design 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 Art and Design Photography 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 Biology 0 1 3 4 3 1 0 Business Studies 0 3 5 4 2 2 0 Chemistry 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 Drama 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Economics 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 English Literature 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 French 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 General Studies 0 0 4 11 11 13 2 Geography 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 Government/Politics 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 History 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 Information Technology (Voc) 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 Mathematics 3 2 3 1 2 1 0 Mathematics Further 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Music 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Physics 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Science: Environmental 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Science: Geology 9 6 3 1 2 1 0 Spanish 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 Sport/PE Studies 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Travel & Tourism 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 World Development 0 2 4 7 0 0 0

Attachment 5 – UCM A2 Results Information