Guidance: 16 to 18 accountability headline measures

Guide for schools, colleges and local authorities on new measures in the 2017 to 2018 performance tables.

Documents

16 to 18 accountability headline measures: technical guide

Ref: DFE-00295-2018PDF, 2.03MB, 101 pages

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Progress scores for 16 to 18: school and college performance tables 2018

Ref: DFE-00021-2019PDF, 276KB, 5 pages

Details

The 5 new headline measures in the performance tables covering 16 to 18 education in 2017 and 2018 are:

• progress
• attainment
• progress in English and maths
• retention
• destinations

The technical guide explains how the headline measures are calculated. It also shows how the progress in English and maths measure will be updated for 2020 tables. Guidance for previous years is available on the UK Government Archive.

There’s also information about 16 to 18 progress score bandings in the school and college performance tables.

Published 1 October 2014
Last updated 22 July 2019 + show all updates

1. 22 July 2019 Updated ’16 to 18 accountability headline measures: technical guide’.
2. 8 May 2019 October 2018 document amended with information on how the progress in English and maths measure will be updated for 2020 tables.
3. 24 January 2019 Updated with ‘Progress scores for 16 to 18: school and college performance tables 2018’.
4. 9 October 2018 Updated document ’16 to 18 accountability headline measures: technical guide’.
5. 8 October 2018 Updated document ’16 to 18 accountability headline measures: technical guide’.
6. 2 August 2018 Added a link to UK Government Archive for guidance from previous years.
7. 17 May 2018 Updated to include new Level 3 mathematics qualifications eligible for the TechBacc in 2018.
8. 25 January 2018 Added progress ‘bandings’ guidance.
9. 14 December 2017 Updated 16 to 18 accountability measures technical guide, setting out changes to the methodology of the tech level minimum standards measure. The guide also incorporates further clarification of existing accountability measures.
10. 19 July 2017 Updated the technical guide with details about the 2017 national performance tables calculations. Added further details to existing measures including the completion and attainment measure, and disadvantage measure.
11. 12 January 2017 Updated the ’16 to 19 accountability headline measures: technical guide’.
12. 13 July 2016 Added a summary document about the 16 to 19 accountability headline performance measures.
13. 4 December 2015 Updated document. Changes are set out in the ‘Expiry or review date’ section.
14. 1 October 2014 First published.