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 to 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 8 February 2023 +show all updates
Added 'Table 37: Revised 2022 Average EBacc and open slots filled for each KS2 prior attainment group' to page 72 of the document.
Updated 'Secondary accountability measures: 2022 guidance' to reflect revised data.
In the guide on accountability measures, we have amended table 32 with provisional 2022 Attainment 8 averages. We have updated table 2 with an additional key stage 2 code. We have added the average EBacc and open slots filled by prior attainment group to table 33.
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.
