Research and analysis

Subject excellence clusters: evaluation

How secondary school departmental heads use performance and entry profile data to improve pupil progress and departmental performance.

From:
Department for Education
Published
23 February 2017

Applies to England

Documents

Evaluation of subject excellence clusters: final report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-623-3, DFE-RR511

PDF, 3.39 MB, 77 pages

Details

Findings from the evaluation of subject excellence clusters (ESEC) project. The evaluation examined heads of subject departments’ use of detailed information on GCSE entries and performance to make decisions on:

  • examination entry for groups of pupils
  • allocation of pupils and teachers to classes
  • performance management of teachers within departments

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Published 23 February 2017

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