Secondary Accountability Measures Updated

KS4 ‘Secondary Accountability Measures’ for the 2021/22 academic year has now been updated.

The DfE commitment not to include results from qualifications achieved between January 2020 and August 2021 in future performance measures still holds with adjustments to the methodology designed to minimise the impact of gaps in data for schools and colleges. Progress 8 also has changes to its baseline, as Key Stage 2 (KS2) outcomes are now reported as scaled scores instead of national curriculum levels.

The 2021/22 academic year KS4 performance measures have been published at school and college level for first time since the 2018/19 measures, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The headline measures which now appear on the performance measures website are:

• Progress 8 – progress across 8 qualifications
• EBacc entry – percentage of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate
• Pupil destinations – percentage of students staying in education or going into employment after Key Stage 4
• Attainment in English and maths – percentage of pupils achieving a grade 5 or above in English and maths.
• Attainment 8 – attainment across the same 8 qualifications as Progress 8
• EBacc APS – English Baccalaureate Average Point Score.

A range of additional performance measures and contextual information is also published alongside the headline measures.