This document explains how secondary accountability measures are calculated. It also gives more information about announced policies that apply to accountability measures for the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
This information is for:
senior leaders working in secondary schools and trusts, including maintained schools, academies, alternative provision, free schools and special schools
independent schools or colleges with 14-16 provision seeking information on secondary accountability measures
governors and trustees
local authorities
It applies to:
local-authority-maintained schools
academies
free schools
further education colleges with 14 to 16 provision
Published 6 March 2014 Last updated 6 October 2022 +show all updates
Updated guidance for 2022.
We have updated 'Secondary accountability measures: update for 2021 to 2022 performance measures'.
Amended the EBacc average point score for GCSE history in table 1 of 'Secondary accountability measures: update for 2021 to 2022 performance measures'.
Added an updated version of 'Secondary accountability measures: update for 2021 to 2022 performance measures'.
Added guidance which explains how we will calculate secondary performance measures for the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
Updated with more information about announced policies that apply to accountability measures in 2019 and 2020. Also updated 'Progress scores for key stage 4: school and college performance tables' to include 2019 figures.
Updated 'secondary accountability measures: guide' to show revised prior attainment group thresholds in table E:1.
Updated 'secondary accountability measures: guide' with new data and information.
Updated guidance with newly available data.
Updated guidance with new definition of combined science qualifications. Example EBacc average point scores updated with 2018 data.
Updated 'Secondary accountability measures: guide' and added 'Progress scores for key stage 4: school and college performance tables'.
Updated the secondary accountability measures guide to include the 2017 coasting threshold.
Updated 'Secondary accountability measures: guide' with new information on the EBacc accountability measures to be used from 2018. Also updated Attainment 8 estimates with provisional 2017 data.
Updated Progress 8 measure in 2016, 2017 and 2018, Progress 8 key figures and school and pupil ready reckoner documents.
Added new document: 'Progress 8 and Attainment 8: how measures are calculated'. Updated 'Progress 8 measure in 2016, 2017 and 2018' to include a definition of 'coasting' schools.
