Throughout the past few months, headteachers, school leaders and governors have been navigating their way through new accountability reforms for secondary schools, evaluating how students in their schools had performed and what this translates to in terms of a Progress 8 score and what this then means for the standing of their school.
Initially schools will have calculated their Progress 8 scores on GCSE results day, only to later discover that their actual score was somewhat lower than they had originally thought.
Most schools knew this dip was coming as they were aware that their calculations were based on 2015 data, which was the only information available at the time to compare students’ scores with.
Register now, read forever
Thank you for visiting SecEd and reading some of our content for professionals in secondary education. Register now for free to get unlimited access to all content.
What's included:
-
Unlimited access to news, best practice articles and podcast
-
New content and e-bulletins delivered straight to your inbox every Monday and Thursday
Already have an account? Sign in here