He singled out two schools for special mention: City Academy Bristol,where twice as many pupils gained five or more good GCSEs in 2005 thanat the school it replaced; and The Walsall Academy, where three times asmany gained five good GCSEs. Lord Adonis praised the ethos, managementand leadership at the schools for turning around poor attainment.
All of these may well be important factors in those academies'achievements, but he didn't mention another factor that could have animportant bearing.
At both these academies, the proportion of pupils with specialeducational needs has fallen dramatically compared to the schools theyreplaced, by 33 per cent in the case of Walsall and 18.4 per cent inBristol.
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