Results and Progress

Secondary Accountability Measure Guidance provided by the Department for Education: Source

“Applied general are qualifications that provide broad study of a vocational area. They are designed to lead to higher education and they include areas such as performing arts, business and health and social care. See technical and vocational qualifications. These figures are based on students who were entered for at least one applied general qualification. For further details, see the 16 to 18 Accountability Technical Guide.”

Progress score and description (applied general qualifications)

“These figures tell you how much progress students who studied applied general qualifications at this school or college made between the end of key stage 4 and the end of their applied general qualifications studies, compared to similar students across England.

The scores are calculated by comparing the applied general qualifications results of students at this school or college with the applied general qualifications results of students in schools and colleges across England who started with similar results at the end of the previous key stage – key stage 4.

A score above zero means students made more progress, on average, than students across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 4.

A score below zero means students made less progress, on average, than students across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 4.

A negative progress score does not mean students made no progress, or the school or college has failed, rather it means students in this school or college made less progress than other students across England with similar results at the end of key stage 4.

The majority of schools and colleges have progress scores between -2 and +2.

These scores are also known as ‘value added’ scores.”