General
Chances of Success !
This page contains a link to some of the Data that tells us what your 'chances' are of achieveing different grades in your Key Stage 4 courses. Don't be put off by the complicated looking tables - its really not that tricky once you understand what the data is trying to tell you.
The data comes from a national organisation called Fischer Family Trust. They collect lots of information about every student in every school in the country and track how well different types of student do in their Year 11 exams each year. From this, they are able to make quite accurate predictions about how well those types of students will do this year.
Although you are an individual, and nobody knows for sure how well you will do, you will also fit into a particular student type. In other words, you will have the same age, gender, primary school results etc. as thousands of other students in the country. Your data sheets give you an idea of how likely you are to get different grades in different subjects.
Take a look at the example below ...THEN CLICK ON YOUR PERSONAL LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE TO ACCESS YOUR DATA.
In this example, you can see the various subjects listed in the table. For each subject, the orange highlight shows the most 'likely' grade but more you can see that there is always a percentage that achieve higher than the average. You need to decide whether you are going to be happy with aiming for the average grade or wehether you will aim to be part of the group who achieve higher.
You should use this information when you are thinking about which subjects to choose. However - you will also know which subjects you enjoy the most, and which will prepare you for your next steps beyond Unity. As a college, we will also use this data when it comes to setting your targets for your Key Stage 4 courses. If you have any questions about this data, you can always come and talk to Mr Brice or Miss Gerrard who will be happy to talk it through with you.