Academic Success

Academic Improvement at The Prescot School

This year marks the strongest academic performance in The Prescot School’s recent history. Our students achieved significant improvements across a range of key measures, reflecting their hard work, the dedication of our staff and the impact of our whole-school approach to teaching, learning and targeted intervention.

Headline Successes

• Strongest overall performance to date across GCSE and vocational outcomes.
• Attainment 8 improved for the entire cohort, including substantial gains for Disadvantaged and SEND students.
• Basics measures improved at both 4+ and 5+.
• Basics 4+ for disadvantaged students increased by over 20%, and Basics 5+ rose by over 10% – a transformational shift for our most vulnerable learners.

What Drove These Improvements

Our success has been the result of a coherent, whole-school strategy built around high-quality teaching and timely intervention. Key contributing elements included:

• Improved culture, including significant improvements in behaviour through overcommunicated, consistently applied routines. Classrooms are calm, expectations are clear and students experience a positive, purposeful environment.
• Enhanced teaching and learning, with investment in deliberate practice, Friday CPD and strengthened coaching through our lead coaches.
• Improved attendance, supported by the wider culture shift. Students are happier to attend because they know they are receiving a good deal, the sum of all parts working together.
• Saturday Boosters, providing targeted support informed by student needs.
• Form time English, maths, science and reading interventions, strengthening core knowledge and closing gaps.
• Effective use of formative and summative data, allowing staff to plan precisely, intervene early and tailor support.

Refining Our Approach for the Current Cohort

We have taken time to reflect on what worked particularly well last year. Using staff, student and leadership feedback, we have refined our strategies to ensure they are even better suited to the needs of this year's cohort. This includes sharper use of assessment information, more personalised intervention approaches and continued investment in staff development to sustain high-quality classroom practice.