Guidance

School performance: key stage 4 similar schools

How to use school performance tables to see how a school is performing at key stage 4 compared to a school with a similar intake of pupils.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 19 January 2017
• Last updated: 16 April 2020
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  1. 16 April 2020

     Updated with final 2019 secondary school performance tables data.

  2. 6 February 2020

     Updated 'Key stage 4 similar schools: guidance and technical note' to include 2019 figures.

  3. 24 January 2019

     Updated the guidance with 2018 figures.

  4. 20 March 2018

     Similar schools guidance updated with 2017 data.

  5. 19 January 2017

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Key stage 4 similar schools: guidance and technical note

Ref: DfE-00070-2020

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Details

Guidance on using school performance tables to see how a school is performing at key stage 4 compared to a school with a similar intake of pupils.

A ‘similar intake of pupils’ is calculated by estimating the attainment for each pupil achieving the expected standard or higher in reading, writing and mathematics.