What’s Progress 8 good for? Lower-attaining pupils
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)
Key Stage 4 attainment in 2022: The headlines
Some headline indicators from our collection of Key Stage 4 data from schools this year, plus a few thoughts looking ahead to Progress 8
Report – School accountability and fairness: Does ‘Progress 8’ encourage schools to work more equitably?
Read new research exploring the impact that the introduction of Progress 8 had on schools' priorities
School accountability and fairness: Does ‘Progress 8’ encourage schools to work more equitably?
The change in headline KS4 accountability measure saw the results of pupils with lower attainment increase, new research suggests
The GCSE attainment of black Caribbean pupils is falling
Exploring why attainment for this group remains low, especially in maths
Could Progress 8 still be calculated in 2025?
With no KS2 baseline, could P8 still be calculated for the 2020 Year 6 cohort?
The effect of rank position at primary school on secondary school outcomes
How the rank position of pupils at primary school has a persistent effect on later outcomes.
Identifying areas of poor secondary school progress
These maps give a different perspective on the performance of small local authorities
Secondary MAT league tables 2019: We need to talk about context
Too much analysis of the multi-academy trust performance measures over-simplifies things