Schools with the poorest intakes are more likely to have seen their progress 8 scores drop over the past eight years, new analysis suggests.
FFT Education Datalab analysed progress 8 scores by school type, region and demographics between 2016 and 2023.
It comes after the government announced that it won’t implement alternative progress measures in the next two academic years. The next two GCSE cohorts do not have key stage 2 SATs results because of the Covid pandemic.
This, coupled with Labour’s pledge to reform the measure, means “it’s possible that 2024 will be the last time we see progress 8 in its current form,” said Datalab’s Katie Beynon.
