Attainment
Progress and Attainment
The Department for Education (DfE) has published Progress 8 scores, used to assess the academic performance of schools and pupils who sat this year’s (2024) GCSE examinations
How Are Progress 8 Scores Calculated?
A Progress 8 score is calculated based on how pupils have performed in eight subjects, including English, Maths and the sciences and statistically assessing their scores, on average, against how pupils with the same Year 6 SATs results nationally have performed in their GCSEs.
A value is then given for the school as to whether pupils have made the expected amount of progress.
The scores awarded for Maths and English are given double weighting, to reflect the importance of these subjects. Other subjects included in a Progress 8 calculation includes Computer Science, History, Geography and languages.
A score of plus one means that pupils with the same SATs results are achieving, on average, one grade more than their national peers in their GCSEs, while a score of minus one, means on average they are attaining one grade less.
| Attainment | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Progress 8 Score | N/A |
| Attainment 8 Score | 50.4 |
| % achieving 5 or above in English and Maths | 55% |
| Ebacc APS | 3.95 |
| % entering the English Baccalaureate | 5% |
| % pupils staying in education or going into employment after KS4 | 88% |
Additional information and performance statistics regarding our school can be found at the Department for Education website here.
The EBacc is a set of subjects at GCSE that keeps young people’s options open for further study and future careers. The EBacc consists of: English language and literature, maths, the sciences, geography or history, and French.
The Open element contains the three highest point scores in any three other subjects. The three grades were based upon progress in the following subjects: Art, 3D Design, Business, Child Development, Digital IT, Health & Social Care and Photography.
How Are Attainment Scores Calculated?
Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). Each pupil’s Attainment 8 score is calculated by adding up the points for their 8 subjects, with English and maths counted twice. A school’s Attainment 8 score is the average of all the scores of its eligible pupils.
The combined grades for English and Maths are based upon the % of students which achieved a: Grade 5 and above or Grade 4 or above.
The Department for Education publish annual performance tables for schools in England.
