Progress 8
Progress 8 aims to capture the progress a pupil makes from the end of primary school to the end of secondary school. It is a type of value added measure, which means that students’ results are compared to the actual achievements of other students with the same prior attainment. It is now considered the main measure in performance tables.
Attainment 8
Attainment 8 measures the achievement of a student across 8 qualifications including mathematics and English, 3 qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other additional approved qualifications.
English Baccalaureate ( EBacc )
The EBacc APS calculates a student’s average point scores across the 5 pillars of the English Baccalaureate, allocating points to a student’s best grades and dividing by 6 (the science grades count in 2 pillars, meaning a total of 6 pillars) to create an average point score per student. This measure is an average across the subjects (i.e. we divide the total by 6)
This measure is based on the better result of either English language or English literature when both subjects are taken, maths, the best 2 results from the single sciences (3 out of 4 must be taken), or results from the combined science, the better result from either geography or history and the best result in languages.
For more information about how the EBacc average point score is calculated view the detailed guide to EBacc APS and SHS Performance Tables