Maximising Opportunities Conference Impact of the new qualifications on Performance Tables at Key Stage 4 and 5

Secondary school headline measures in 2016 Progress 8: Progress across 8 qualifications Attainment 8: Attainment across the same 8 qualifications Percentage of pupils achieving a C grade or above in English and maths Percentage of pupils achieving the EBacc Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc Destination measures - the percentage of students staying in education or employment after key stage 4 Plus a range of more detailed information, including on the performance of disadvantaged pupils in relation to their peers.

The attainment 8/progress 8 measure

Useful links Progress 8 guidance: www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/497937/Progress-8-school-performance-measure.pdf School performance tables: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/

2016 KS5 performance measures The 16-18 school and college performance tables have changed as a result of previously announced government reforms Changes include: Five new headline measures Changes to the vocational qualifications that can count Changes to the points assigned to grades New rules for how students are included in measures New rules for how students are allocated to institutions Outcomes are reported separately for students studying different qualifications: The qualification categories reported are: Academic A level (which is a subset of academic) Applied General* Tech Level* English and maths progress(for those students without a good pass at KS4) *Includes only qualifications on the approved list of Applied General and Tech Level qualifications Performance tables: technical and vocational qualifications - GOV.UK

2016 KS5 performance measures continued Measures published in January 2017 Value added progress in Academic and Applied General qualifications Attainment in Academic, A levels, Applied General and Tech Level qualifications English and maths progress Destinations (for the 2013/14 cohort) Additional measures: % achieving AAB in 2 facilitating subjects; Best 3 A levels, Tech Bacc Minimum Standards Presentation in performance tables Comparator tables show headline measures – but you can choose which qualification type you are interested in School/college page allows you to choose which qualification type you want More graphics, in particular the progress score allocates all schools and colleges into: Well above average Above average Close to national average Below average Well below average The well below average captures all those below the minimum standard

Progression Pathways from new quals Impact of performance tables changes on subject and qualification take-up The performance tables are designed to recognise each qualification route equally, and should not influence the take-up of one qualification type over another Figure 1: Number of Level 3 students by cohort1 (England, 2015 and 2016)

Results by type of school/college A level students Independent schools have the highest Average Point Score per entry (grade B), whereas UTCs and studio schools have the lowest (D and D+). This is a similar pattern to last year’s data. However, it should be noted that studio schools in particular have low numbers of students.

Results by type of school/college Tech level and applied general students Local authority mainstream schools have the highest Average Point Scores (APS) per entry for both tech level and applied general students. FE colleges (excluding 6th form colleges) have the lowest APS for both tech level and applied general students. Again, it’s important to note that some school types have very low numbers of students entering these types of qualifications.

2017 performance tables measures Level 2 cohort: Will include all students taking any ‘vocational’ level 2 qualification that is at least the size of 2 GCSEs. This applies in 2016/17 and 2017/18 but from 2018/19 we will only include those taking Technical Certificates. Discounting: Level 3 qualifications will discount level 2 qualifications in the same subject. Larger L2VQs will discount smaller L2VQs in the same discounting family. Disadvantage measures: Disadvantage measures will apply the headline measures to students who were in receipt of pupil premium when they were in their last year of KS4. Colleges should now have access to Key to Success which gives them details of their pupil premium students. Progress measures: Remember: L3VA measure ONLY applies to academic and Applied General qualifications; Completion & Attainment measure will apply to L2VQs

2017 performance tables measures continued Retention measure – returning for a second year: Students will count as returning for 2nd year if they complete learning aims in their 2nd year. This measure will only apply to level 3 aims. Additional measure - core maths: Any students who have already passed AS level maths in key stage 4 will be excluded from the measure if they DON’T take an approved maths qualification post 16. Otherwise all students who HAVE grade C or above at GCSE will be included in the denominator

English and maths measures This measure shows the average change in grade in each of English and maths from the end of key stage 4 to the end of key stage 5. -1 is the maximum negative progress applied to an individual student Revised A level and other 16-18 results in England SFR 05/2017 – published 19.1.17 Average progress is negative for both English (-0.10) and maths (-0.13) Data published in 2016 Tables includes students in scope for the measure in 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 For English and maths, approx. 21% of students in each subject did not enter an approved English or maths qualification during 16-18 studies and subsequently received a score of -1 in the measure

Percentage in sustained education or employment after 16 to 18 study remains high (state-funded mainstream schools and colleges) Overall, 88% of students were in sustained education or employment after key stage 5. This is a similar level to 2013/14 (and unchanged from the provisional SFR). 65% of students were in sustained education (48% in higher education) and 23% are in employment New in revised publication 16 to 18 accountability measure for the first time. (Additional tax and benefits data from HMRC and DWP means improves coverage.) SFR updated to include awarding body data for 2016, more up-to-date employment data and top third HE list. Compared with provisional very little change to national figures. Destinations for leavers from independent schools are now included in SFR (but not published in performance tables). Additional analysis on regional differences and admission policy. OFFICIAL: SENSITIVE UNPUBLISHED STATISTICS. NOT FOR WIDER CIRCULATION

Selective schools have highest sustained destinations; FE have highest employment (state-funded mainstream schools and colleges) Selective school sixth forms had the highest percentage of students going into sustained education or employment destination overall, at 92%, while the lowest percentage was in FE colleges at 84%. Students at non-selective schools in 12 highly selective local authority areas less likely to stay in education than in non-selective schools in other areas of the country. Figures do not account for prior attainment - so cannot be said to show ‘impact’ of school. The headline was closely related to the percentage continuing with education. 30% of FE students went into sustained employment. OFFICIAL: SENSITIVE UNPUBLISHED STATISTICS. NOT FOR WIDER CIRCULATION

Disadvantaged students less likely to be employed or in higher education after 16 to 18 study 84% of disadvantaged students were in sustained education or employment compared to 89% of others. This is unchanged from provisional. The same proportion of disadvantaged and others stayed in some form of education after completing level 3 study (65%). However: - they were less likely to be in higher education (44% compared to 49% of others). - less likely to go into sustained employment. OFFICIAL: SENSITIVE UNPUBLISHED STATISTICS. NOT FOR WIDER CIRCULATION

Minimum Standards Academic and Applied General minimum standards 16 to 18 providers that are below the minimum standard We expect to announce the Tech Level minimum standard (Completion & Attainment) in March. School and college performance against the completion & attainment standard will be published in March

Technical Guide The Technical Guide has been updated. It includes details of the new measures from 2017, the discounting rules and the new L2 performance points scores. The guide can be found at this link: to 19 accountability headline measures - Publications - GOV.UK