Changes in schools’ Progress 8 scores over time
A look at how the Progress 8 scores of schools have changed since the measure was introduced, including breakdowns by region, school type, and school-level disadvantage
A look at how the Progress 8 scores of schools have changed since the measure was introduced, including breakdowns by region, school type, and school-level disadvantage
Labour have announced plans to include a "slot" for a creative or vocational subject in Progress 8. We investigate the possible impact.
We show the correlation between pupil absence in Years 10 and 11 and Progress 8 scores and explore how this relates to the disadvantage gap
There has been a small decrease in the proportion of young people entered for one or more qualifications in creative subjects since Progress 8 was introduced in 2016. But is Progress 8 to blame?
Both inspection outcomes and Progress 8 scores are imperfect proxies of school quality. We examine how strongly they are related.
Progress 8 scores are positively correlated with the average number of entries in GCSEs and other approved qualifications. We dig into the relationship in more detail.
Progress 8 might not reveal much about the effectiveness of schools but it has reduced the incentive for schools to focus their efforts on pupils at the borderline of grade C/D (4/3 nowadays)
Read new research exploring the impact that the introduction of Progress 8 had on schools' priorities
The change in headline KS4 accountability measure saw the results of pupils with lower attainment increase, new research suggests
With no KS2 baseline, could P8 still be calculated for the 2020 Year 6 cohort?