Performance tables for secondary schools and MATs were published last week. While it may be tempting to use these to pick out the best – and worst – performers, we don’t think that’s the best way to use the data. Largely because doing so doesn’t take account of the context that individual schools and MATs find themselves in. And that’s more important than ever in the wake of the pandemic.
So instead we’ve picked out some interesting points from the data and taken a closer look at how context might affect the measures for MATs.
We’ll start with a look at how Attainment 8 scores in schools have changed.
Most schools will see little to no change in their results compared with Autumn’s provisional release. Nationally, the average Attainment 8 score increased by just 0.1. Around 30% of schools saw no change at all. And only 17 schools saw increases of more than 0.5.
