Achievement

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 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.

Achievement2026
Progress 8 ScoreN/A
Attainment 8 Score51.3
% achieving 5 or above in English and Maths54%
Ebacc APS4.06
% entering the English Baccalaureate1%
% pupils staying in education or going into employment after KS488%

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.

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