Changes to league tables to remove the focus on the C/D boundary and raw attainment have been cautiously welcomed by teachers and school leaders.
However, there is concern that related changes to floor standards will see a significant increase in the number of secondary schools considered to be failing.
From 2016, new-look league tables will measure pupils’ progress across their “best eight” subjects – English, maths, three EBacc options, and three non-EBacc GCSEs.
It means that the league tables will show whether pupils at a school typically achieve one grade more than expected or one grade less.
At the same time, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed that it will use the new so-called “best eight” progress measure as the basis for a new floor standard for secondary schools.
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