BTEC's full speed ahead at AGS

November 17, 2008

September 2009 sees the further development of BTEC’s at AGS. We now offer this qualification in these subjects:

Art and Design, Hospitality and Catering, Media Studies, Performing Arts, ICT, Science, Music, Sport and Business Studies.

Each BTEC is worth 2 GCSE’s and all are entirely coursework based. We believe this is one of the most imaginative steps we have taken in modernising our curriculum. Students would agree…BTEC’s proved to be an extremely popular option choice for our current Year 10 students.

AGS in top 6!

September 15, 2008

AGS has again received recognition from the Government. This time, the school has been credited with being the 6th most improved school in England at KS3. This based on a 3 year trend and places AGS as the number 1 most improved school in the West Midlands.

We would like to thank the whole school community for being part of this incredible journey. It is a remarkable achievement.

AGS in Top 100!

February 28, 2008

The Guardian newspaper has published a list of the 100 most improved schools in England. The data is based on GCSE exam performance improvements between 2004-2007. This is the percentage improvement in the number of students achieving 5 A*-C grades including English and Maths, the gold standard for schools.

View the Guardian table. AGS is equal 14th most improved!

Exam results: The Upward Trend

January 14, 2008

5 A*-C grades at GCSE including English and Maths is described as as ‘the gold standard’.

At Ash Green School and Arts College, we have increased this standard over the past 5 years and have now reached the point where we have matched the school target:

2004: 12%

2005: 22%

2006: 23%

2007: 29% (school record)

2008: 41% (school record)

2009: 47% (school record)