Exam Performance

Exam Performance – Key Stage 4

In 2017 new style GCSEs and new accountability measures were launched.  In addition the points
allocated to each grade when calculating Attainment 8 and Progress 8 scores were changed.  As a
result direct year on year comparisons are not possible.

The reformed measures are shown below:

Year	Attainment 8 Score	Progress 8 Score
2017 – reformed measure	45.1	-0.22
2018 – reformed Measure	46.5	-0.19
2019 – reformed Measure	46.3	-0.17
2020 - reformed measure	51.44	N/A

The new measures launched in 2017 are shown here:

Measure 2017	% of students achieving grade 4+	% of students achieving grade 5+
English	68	56
English Literature	70	52
Maths	66	44
English & Maths	61	40
Ebac	22	18
English Language or Literature	74	63

Measure 2019	% of students achieving grade 4+	% of students achieving grade 5+
English	66	48
English Literature	65	45
Maths	73	41
English & Maths	62	33
Ebac	20	14
English Language or Literature	70	54

Measure 2020	% of students achieving grade 4+	% of students achieving grade 5+
English	81	61
English Literature	81	61
Maths	74	53
English & Maths	71	47
Ebac	16	13
English Language or Literature	84	64

For comparison the discontinued measures are below:

	2020	2019	2018	2017
Students
% of students achieving 5x 9-4	78	64	69	67
% of students achieving 5x 9-4 (4+) E&M	69	59	61	58
% of students achieving 5x 9-1	98	97	98	96
% of students achieving 3x 7+	30	25	25	22
% of students achieving 1x 9-1	100	99	100	99

Exam Performance – Key Stage 5

Key Measures	2020	2019	2018	2017
A*-B A-Levels (145/241)	60	41	28	32
A*-E A-Levels (241/241)	100	99	95	96
2 or more A*-E A-Levels (83/101)	83	83	77	75
AAB in A-Levels (15/101)	15	5	4	3
3 or more A*-E in A-Level (56/101)	56	61	52	81