The controversial colour-banding scheme, which was introduced in 2014 to “help identify those schools in need of support to improve”, also showed that there are more schools categorised as needing lower levels of support.
Under the system, schools are placed into one of four colour-coded support categories – green, yellow, amber and red. Schools in the green category are deemed to be in need of the least support while schools in the red are those identified as needing the most support.
Each school’s category is determined by a range of factors including its performance data and capacity to improve in areas such as leadership, teaching and learning. This year’s results show that:
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