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Is your adopted child receiving their GCSE results this summer?
Campaigns Assistant
July 26, 2017 13:01
Adoption UK wants to talk to adoptees who will be receiving their GCSE results this August and their parents. We would like to know about their experiences in the classroom as we take a closer look at the educational attainment of adopted children. Initially, we would just want to talk informally and it would be up to your child if they wanted their experiences to be used publicly. Experiences gleaned from our members and their children will be featured in a media release weâll be sending out to accompany our Schools Campaign. We can also ensure complete anonymity for any participants. Following the release of the 2016 results, Department for Education (DfE) figures showed that adopted children are more than twice as likely to receive poor GCSE results. Fewer than one in four adopted children secure five or more A*-C grades at GCSE, including English and maths. These figures were compiled following the extension of the pupil premium in 2014 to include adopted children. This means the DfE is now able to track the progress of adopted children and compare their educational attainment levels with their peers. If youâre interested or would like to know more about this then please email David at ---- EMAIL REDACTED ----
Kazzie
July 27, 2017 10:17
Just wondering if you know whether these figures include children who attend independent schools who are funded by a Statement or EHCP and therefore eligible for PPP funding. Thank you
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safia
July 28, 2017 14:37
Also does it include children who were unable to take GCSEs for whatever reason - such as SEN or exclusion from school / school refusal / lack of support from school - all likely to be higher than the general population and also to be related to their start in life / genetic inheritance and something which with the right sort of support and input could be changed
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Serrakunda
July 28, 2017 20:52
It does seem a bit of a crude marker. Simba was in special school when he rocked up, working below national curriculum. He is a couple of years off GCSEs, he will probably get 4 GSCEs and some BTEC. Flipping marvellous if you ask me, but his attainment will show up as less than his peers
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rosegarden
July 28, 2017 23:57
Not a lot of point tracking levels and acknowledging they are different if the system is to over stretched and unorganised to do anything with the results. When my children were in school they both had a pupil premium. We never saw any benefit from it. On one occasion they brought a new maths system for special needs but the following year admitted they hadn't brought the training and couldn't work out how to use it. It's not lack of money that's letting our children down. It's the system and the quality of the service givers.
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silver birch
September 14, 2017 12:45
Just seen this. My AD has sat one of her GCSE a year early this year and passed. Considering we adopted her age 5 having suffered neglect and abuse, she is a summer baby and DH was critically ill earier this year she has done well. She achieved this because she is academic, not through hard work might I add and could do better with a bit of effort. Other than some extra careers advice (which my daughter said was boring and was not happy about being taken out of PE for) she has received very little from PPP which is mostly spent helping those who they don't expect to pass English and Maths. Given that academies are run like businesses getting them to do what is best for an individual child is very difficult, and they will make decisions for the good of the business.
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Donatella
September 14, 2017 13:18
My son attained 7 gcse gradeS Bs and Cs and is now in 6th form!
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Donatella
September 14, 2017 13:18
My son attained 7 gcse gradeS Bs and Cs and is now in 6th form!
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Haven
September 14, 2017 13:21
What about the Scottish system? Do you want to hear about pupils doing NATS and Highers?
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Bop
September 14, 2017 22:11
No they don't Haven - I asked but its about tracking the results for adoptees vs the general population, which the Scottish Government don't do - because there is no way to know who is adopted, because there is no Pupil Premium.... In Scotland, love is still enough....
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Donatella
September 14, 2017 23:16
Same here ....
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pingu123
September 15, 2017 01:57
I would like to see the criteria changed to show the difference in achievement of the adopted children who get proper support (including benefitting from Pupil Premium / ASF ) compared to those who don't . So the government can't say the ASF is wasted .Comparing them to non adopted peers is like judging schools by GCSEs / The results are dependant on factors beyond control. Such as background of intake , and achievement is better judged as how much of a difference is made from whatever starting point on arrival is. Though my DS2 looks likely to achieve above average for his peers, we are probably going to be out of this on three accounts, by my reckoning 1) Scotland 2) Independent school 3 ) not quite old enough !!!
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