Gcse results 2018

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Wondering which Sheffield schools did well in new grading systems

Search ed online but not found any info

[cgksheff 44]

DfE don't publish provisional performance tables until October.

 

Schools know their Attainment, but have to wait until the Department calculate Performance 8 coefficients based on national data.

Performance 8 being the main performance measure, now.

Edited August 28, 2018 by cgksheff

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ok , thanks

I can recall the Star used to publish them at around the same time, but I guess they don't any more

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They still publish any press releases given to them by schools which may include some headline summaries.

Edited August 28, 2018 by cgksheff

[woodmally 10]

Wondering which Sheffield schools did well in new grading systems

Search ed online but not found any info

 

Its probably the usual Notre Dame All Saints Silverdale like it was back in the day. Nothing will alter.

[cgksheff 44]

Its probably the usual Notre Dame All Saints Silverdale like it was back in the day. Nothing will alter.

 

Under the new Progress 8 measure, things have changed putting schools like Park Academy up amongst the leaders.

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Under the new Progress 8 measure, things have changed putting schools like Park Academy up amongst the leaders.

 

How has that happened have these schools genuinely improved or is it a new weighting system?

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How has that happened have these schools genuinely improved or is it a new weighting system?

 

The Government have finally woken up to the fact that not all school intakes are the same. So they’ve devised a better way of measuring the impact that a school has.

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The Government have finally woken up to the fact that not all school intakes are the same. So they’ve devised a better way of measuring the impact that a school has.

 

why change the system though. Surely the problem is for some reason some groups are less performing than other groups. Instead of changing the system maybe understanding why these groups are not performing well and working to improve would be better.

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why change the system though. Surely the problem is for some reason some groups are less performing than other groups. Instead of changing the system maybe understanding why these groups are not performing well and working to improve would be better.

 

I guess you have a bit of a point.

 

Given that social class is the biggest factor in educational attainment, I guess we’d best get on with eradicating inequalities in society.

[cgksheff 44]

How has that happened have these schools genuinely improved or is it a new weighting system?

 

The 'Headline Measures' now look at several things.

- There is 'attainment', which is actual results in approved qualifications..

- There is 'Progress 8', which compares those results to the SATS Scores of the pupils when they left Primary School.

(An average average Performance 8 result is Zero and schools will be aiming for an average positive result)

- There are also percentages of pupils achieving '4 and above' and '5 and above' in English and Maths.

 

This allows for schools that have lower performing pupils arriving in Year 7, to show that they are still improving those pupils education even if they are not attaining the higher grades at GCSE.

If 10% of the pupils arrive at your school in Y7, virtually illiterate & innumerate, why should you be beaten with a stick if they don't all get 5's at GCSE?

 

There is still a can of worms to be opened regarding Primary Schools obtaining good SATS results when a load of the pupils that they send out do not have the skills that those scores suggest.

There is a lot of cheating going on by schools that is not doing our children any favours.

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The 'Headline Measures' now look at several things.

- There is 'attainment', which is actual results in approved qualifications..

- There is 'Progress 8', which compares those results to the SATS Scores of the pupils when they left Primary School.

(An average average Performance 8 result is Zero and schools will be aiming for an average positive result)

- There are also percentages of pupils achieving '4 and above' and '5 and above' in English and Maths.

 

This allows for schools that have lower performing pupils arriving in Year 7, to show that they are still improving those pupils education even if they are not attaining the higher grades at GCSE.

If 10% of the pupils arrive at your school in Y7, virtually illiterate & innumerate, why should you be beaten with a stick if they don't all get 5's at GCSE?

 

There is still a can of worms to be opened regarding Primary Schools obtaining good SATS results when a load of the pupils that they send out do not have the skills that those scores suggest.

There is a lot of cheating going on by schools that is not doing our children any favours.

 

Was the old system really that bad? Yes the usual suspects always did well but we worked with that system for years and it never caused problems. Everyone knew that other schools didnt perform as well due to the intake. As for SATs they should have been scrapped years ago. Most schools had end of year tests. Why introduce a new measure. As for primary SATS utterly ridiculous putting pressure on kids that young.