A presentation on changes to accountability arrangements in English schools for Policy First drawing on a recent Schools Week colour supplement on league tables by the LKMco team (http://schoolsweek.co.uk/league-tables/).

1. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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Accounting for Change
The changing landscape of assessment
Loic Menzies
Director: LKMco
loic@lkmco.org // @LKMco // www.lkmco.org
About LKMco
LKMco is an education and youth 'think and action-tank'. We are a social
enterprise and believe that society has a duty to ensure children and young
people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to
adulthood. We work towards this vision by helping education and youth
organisations develop, evaluate and improve their work with young people. We
then carry out academic and policy research and advocacy that is grounded in
our experience.
The organisation is staffed by ex- teachers and academics giving it a unique
combination of academic rigour and practical experience. We have a strong
record of contributing to media debates on education, publishing high profile
reports and helping education and youth organisations develop and improve
their work

2. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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Key Stage Current Reformed
EYFS
KS1
KS2
KS4 % 5C+ including English & Maths
KS5

3. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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Key Stage Current Reformed
EYFS EYFS profile: points and ‘good’/expected level
of development)
Reception baseline test
KS1 Phonics screening
Teacher assessment (national curriculum
levels informed by test)
Phonics screening
Scaled score (maths and reading)
Teacher assessment
(Science/writing/speaking/listening/maths)
KS2 % Achieving Level 4 Reading/Writing/Maths
% Achieving Level 4b
% Making expected progress
Scaled score: External test in reading,
grammar/punctuation/spelling and Maths
Teacher assessment of ‘expected standard’ in Maths,
reading writing and science
KS4 % 5C+ including English & Maths
% expected progress (English & Maths)
% C+ Ebacc
% C+ English and Maths
Progress8
Attainment8
% English & Maths
% Ebacc
Destination? / 5 or above?
KS5 Average point score/grade (per
student/entry)
Progress
% of pupils achieving…
Average grade
Progress
Retention
Qualification specific measures (% achieving tech
bacc, facilitating subjects, relative attainment etc.)
Destination?

4. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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Primary schools
Progress v. attainment
2016 2022 2023
Expected progress from KS1 Expected progress from
EYFS baseline OR KS1
Expected progress from
EYFS baseline
85% meet expected
standard
85% meet expected
standard
85% meet expected
standard

5. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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Primary schools
Scaled scores
• Scaled score from external test: mathematics, reading, and grammar, punctuation and
spelling. Compared to school/national/local area
• Teacher assessment descriptor: mathematics, reading, writing and science

6. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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Secondary schools
The principle of the residual

7. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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Secondary schools
Filling the baskets
NB: there are particular rules on
‘what counts as English’ including
that English lang is only doubled if
both lang & lit have been studied.
Different science quals & ‘methods
and applications’ in Maths also come
with special conditions– see full
Schoolsweek supplement for details
Gillian Hardip
Maths = 7 Maths = 4
Eng lang = 8 Eng Lang = 5
Eng lit = 6 History = 5
Additional Science = 6 Btec Hospitality = 6
Art = 5 Btec Sport = 5
Core science = 7 Certificate in business
and enterprise = 5
French = 5
Spanish = 6
RE = 4

8. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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Gillian scores 65

9. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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Hardip scores 34
6

10. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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Secondary schools
The different elements

11. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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STOP PRESS!
The return of the cliff edge?
“The achievement of a level 5 on the new 1 to 9
grading scale at GCSE will be considered the new
‘good pass’ that will be used to hold the government
and schools to account. This is comparable to a low
B or high C under the old grading system and raises
the bar for performance across the board”
…
“Crucially, schools and teachers will no longer be
judged on moving pupils over a narrow attainment
borderline. The government will encourage schools
to raise the attainment of pupils at every level by
replacing 5 A* to C with Progress 8 as the new
headline performance measure - giving credit to the
progress made by all pupils.”

12. “Society should ensure that all children and young people receive the support they need in order to make a fulfilling transition to adulthood”
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Want to know more?
Read our full Schools Week
supplement here:
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(or search “Schools Week LKMco
League Tables”)