Norden High School and Sports College in Lancashire: School Info, GCSE/GCE Results

School Information URN 119717 School Name Norden High School and Sports College Street Stourton Street Locality Rishton Address Town Blackburn PostCode BB1 4ED Telephone Number 01254 885378 Gender Mixed Denomination Does not apply Secondary Level? Yes 16+ ? No School Type Maintained School Community School GCSE Result Analysis for 2015-2016: Key Stage 4 Percentage of overall entries with A* or A grades, across all subjects is 6.4 Academic performance in GCSE Key Stage 4 examinations. Percentage of students scoring A and A* grades in major subjects School performance in GCSE Key Stage 4 standard examinations. Percentage of students scoring (A and A*) and range (A*-C) Subject Entries % achieving A and A* % achieving A*-C School Within Town Nationwide School Within Town Nationwide Mathematics 117 3.42 20.53 13.68 62.39 70.32 66.68 English Language 114 4.39 17.49 14.11 56.14 73.18 69.38 English Literature 114 4.39 20.97 13.94 54.39 71.57 63.98 Science (Core) 101 0.0 6.83 4.54 54.46 55.37 49.58 History 52 1.92 27.77 18.02 28.85 66.53 57.05 Geography 47 10.64 25.76 14.07 44.68 66.73 53.26 Additional Science 35 0.0 10.68 5.61 54.29 60.86 53.52 Art & Design (Fine Art) 35 8.57 26.74 13.64 68.57 78.03 75.76 D&T Food Technology 30 3.33 17.94 13.51 40.0 61.46 50.58 D&T Resistant Materials 28 0.0 14.45 7.59 32.14 57.14 46.84 Home Economics: Child Development 26 7.69 11.28 5.98 30.77 53.22 53.85 Religious Studies 24 8.33 29.91 22.51 25.0 71.89 65.3 French 19 10.53 25.14 10.67 47.37 70.48 62.4 Law 19 5.26 10.27 38.1 31.58 43.87 76.19 Drama & Theatre Studies 15 53.33 22.5 21.11 100.0 73.02 58.89 Physical Education/Sports Studies 15 6.67 18.15 11.95 60.0 68.55 63.6 Media/Film/Tv Studies 14 14.29 16.77 11.97 92.86 67.33 58.69 Biology 13 23.08 44.48 27.34 100.0 91.47 83.6 Chemistry 13 30.77 44.47 26.42 100.0 90.65 84.93 Physics 13 38.46 44.32 26.24 100.0 91.29 83.16