explains how secondary accountability measures are calculated
gives more information about announced policies that apply to accountability measures for the 20232024 to 20242025 academic year
The 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
Updated to include 2023 to 2024 revised KS4 data and to clarify where KS4 secondary accountability measures are published and the inclusion of AS grades in the English and maths measure.
5 December 2024
Updated 'Secondary accountability measures: 2024 guidance for maintained secondary schools, academies and free schools' with information about KS4 performance measures for 2023 to 2024. Entries into triple sciences (the percentage of pupils entered for biology, chemistry and physics) and entries into languages (the percentage of pupils entered for an EBacc language) will remain as additional measures. Also updated to include the 2023 to 2024 provisional KS4 data, including how the KS4 data will be used. We have added clarification on the use of P scale teacher assessments for 2017, 2018, and 2019 to the ‘Pupils working below the level of the test’ section.
18 April 2024
Updated 'Secondary accountability measures: 2023 guidance for maintained secondary schools, academies and free schools' to confirm the approach to KS4 school performance measures for 2025 and 2026.
1 February 2024
Updated secondary accountability measures guidance for 2023.
19 October 2023
Updated secondary accountability measures guidance for 2023.
28 September 2023
Updated 'Secondary accountability measures: 2022 guidance', to provide information about key stage 4 performance measures for 2023 to 2024 and plans for the headline EBacc attainment measure.
20 April 2023
Updated 'Secondary accountability measures: 2022 guidance' to include information about how 2022 to 2023 performance measures will be presented. The update clarifies how English GCSEs count in Progress 8/Attainment 8 and the EBacc measures. There is also an update to table 13 from provisional to revised figures.
8 February 2023
Added 'Table 37: Revised 2022 Average EBacc and open slots filled for each KS2 prior attainment group' to page 72 of the document.
2 February 2023
Updated 'Secondary accountability measures: 2022 guidance' to reflect revised data.
20 October 2022
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.
6 October 2022
Updated guidance for 2022.
22 June 2022
We have updated 'Secondary accountability measures: update for 2021 to 2022 performance measures'.
25 March 2022
Amended the EBacc average point score for GCSE history in table 1 of 'Secondary accountability measures: update for 2021 to 2022 performance measures'.
25 March 2022
Added an updated version of 'Secondary accountability measures: update for 2021 to 2022 performance measures'.
8 February 2022
Added guidance which explains how we will calculate secondary performance measures for the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
6 February 2020
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.
24 January 2019
Updated 'secondary accountability measures: guide' with new data and information.
16 October 2018
Updated guidance with newly available data.
17 August 2018
Updated guidance with new definition of combined science qualifications. Example EBacc average point scores updated with 2018 data.
25 January 2018
Updated 'Secondary accountability measures: guide' and added 'Progress scores for key stage 4: school and college performance tables'.
16 November 2017
Updated the secondary accountability measures guide to include the 2017 coasting threshold.
12 October 2017
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.
19 January 2017
Updated Progress 8 measure in 2016, 2017 and 2018, Progress 8 key figures and school and pupil ready reckoner documents.
19 October 2016
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.
13 October 2016
Added Progress 8 and Attainment 8 key figures and ready reckoner documents.
23 September 2016
Added further detail on how to calculate fine levels in Annex C.
12 September 2016
Updated guidance to explain how secondary schools should interpret the 2016 key stage 2 results.
31 August 2016
Added video explaining Progress 8.
7 July 2016
Updated 'Progress 8 measure in 2016, 2017 and 2018', clarifying how the fine level calculation is completed and providing a link to 'Key stage 2 to key stage 4 value added measures'.
20 January 2016
Updated 'Progress 8 measure in 2016, 2017 and 2018' document, including clarification on how English counts in the headline performance table measures.
26 August 2015
Updated 'Progress 8 measure' document: clarified technical information and added detail, including about how to calculate prior attainment and how the Ofsted exemption will be implemented.
25 March 2015
Updated 'Progress 8 measure in 2016 and 2017' document. Further explained 2017 point scores in annex A, and revised the attainment 8 estimates table to 2 decimal places in annex B.
26 February 2015
Added 'Progress 8 measure in 2016 and 2017' document in place of superseded performance measure information and technical guide documents.
16 October 2014
Updated 'Progress 8 school performance measure' document to include information on mathematics and statistics qualifications.
20 June 2014
Added the terms and conditions document for schools wishing to opt into the progress 8 measure in 2015.