Guidance

School performance: key stage 4 similar schools

How to use school performance tables to see how a school is performing at key stage 4 compared to a school with a similar intake of pupils.

From:
Department for Education
Published
19 January 2017
Last updated
16 April 2020 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Key stage 4 similar schools: guidance and technical note

Ref: DfE-00070-2020

PDF, 752 KB, 15 pages

Details

Guidance on using school performance tables to see how a school is performing at key stage 4 compared to a school with a similar intake of pupils.

A ‘similar intake of pupils’ is calculated by estimating the attainment for each pupil achieving the expected standard or higher in reading, writing and mathematics.

Updates to this page

Published 19 January 2017
Last updated 16 April 2020 + show all updates

  1. Updated with final 2019 secondary school performance tables data.

  2. Updated 'Key stage 4 similar schools: guidance and technical note' to include 2019 figures.

  3. Updated the guidance with 2018 figures.

  4. Similar schools guidance updated with 2017 data.

  5. First published.

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