League tables set for shake up next year as schools are judged on new progress measure

The tables published today show schools in each education authority area ranked by the proportion of pupils who get to this benchmark.

Yorkshire’s League tables in full

And the Department for Education has also set floor targets for schools based on this.

Secondary schools are classed as being beneath the floor if less than 40 per cent of pupils achieve at least five A* to C grades, including English and maths, and the school’s pupils fail to keep pace with the national average level of progress in both.

However there were concerns that this approach meant schools were focussing their attention on pupils on the C/D borderline at the expense of both the more and less academically able students.

From next year school’s performance will be judged on a new measure, known as “Progress 8”.

The new benchmark is based on the progress pupils make from the end of primary school up to their results across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths; three choices from the range of traditional “English Baccalaureate” subjects (sciences, computer science, geography, history and foreign languages); and three subjects which can either be from the EBacc set or any other approved arts, academic or vocational qualification.

The Government has said the new indicator is designed to encourage schools to offer a broad and balanced curriculum at GCSE and reward schools for the teaching of all pupils.