The number of schools in which less than 40 per cent of pupils achieve five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics could increase in the next two years as a result of changes to league tables.
Currently, 190 schools are below the 40 per cent floor, but this is expected to change when reforms from the Wolf Review of vocational education and new rules around GCSE early entry are applied to league tables for examinations sat in 2014 and 2015.
The Wolf Review changes include a reduction in the list of eligible qualifications and new rules meaning that no individual qualification can count for more than one GCSE.
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