School Performance, 2019

Description

This dataset is produced by the Department for Education. There have been some significant policy changes in schools’ data as to how achievement is measured. There are largely designed to encourage good teaching across a broad curriculum. This dataset outlines performance in the Black Country across two secondary school measures; Progress 8 and Attainment 8.

• Progress 8 – This is designed to measure how well pupils progress between the end of primary school and the end of secondary school. The score for each pupil is based on whether their actual grades are higher or lower than those achieved by pupils who had similar attainment. Results are classified as; Well Above Average, Above Average, Average, Below Average and Well Below Average.
• Attainment 8 This measures a student’s average grade across eight subjects. The measure is designed to encourage schools to offer a broad, balanced curriculum. 

Commentary

The average Attainment 8 score per pupil is 0.7 percentage points higher than 2018 but still 2.9 percentage points below the national average (46.7), whilst the average Progress 8 score has increased from -0.18 to -0.12.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/key-stage-4-performance-2019-revised