Sheffield schools: The secondary schools with best Progress 8 scores based on KS4 results including GCSEs

All secondary schools are awarded a Progress 8 score based on the improvement made by students there between Key Stage 2 at the end of primary school and Key Stage 4, when they sit their GCSEs and other exams. A positive score means they are making better than average progress compared with schools nationally, with a negative rating indicating the opposite.

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The Government believes this ‘value added’ points system is a fairer reflection of a school’s performance than raw grades which fail to take into account what level pupils were at when they started their secondary school education. Below are the Sheffield schools with the best Progress 8 scores based on provisional data published on October 20 this year. Some schools do not have a Progress 8 score as they have not been open long enough for this to be applicable.

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