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With Progress 8 scores unavailable, Attainment 8 is now the primary metric for comparing schools based on GCSE performance.  Attainment 8 scores reflect pupil performance across eight subjects, including English, maths, EBacc subjects, and other qualifications, without considering prior learning. Individual subject grades are combined for a maximum score of 90, and a school's Attainment 8 score is the average of all pupils.  Dividing a school’s Attainment 8 score by ten reveals its average GCSE grade, providing valuable insight into academic achievement.  #Attainment8 #SchoolPerformance #GCSEresults #EducationMetrics

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00:00Hello, my name's Amber Allett, and I'm a journalist specialising in education.

00:04The government has just released its brand new preliminary secondary school performance figures

00:09for 2025. But they look a little different this year, and likely so will any league tables which

00:16use them to compare schools by GCSE performance. This is because the Progress 8 scores have not

00:22been calculated due to test disruptions this year's cohort faced back during the pandemic.

00:27Instead, the default metric for comparing schools is now their Attainment 8 score.

00:33Here's how those work. While Progress 8 scores measure pupil progress from the end of primary

00:39school through to when they take their GCSEs, Attainment 8 scores show how pupils have performed

00:45without taking their starting points into account. Attainment 8 scores are calculated from up to 8

00:51grades per pupil. These include their English and Maths GCSE results, which are usually both

00:57double-weighted, three other EBAC subjects like sciences, languages, history, or geography,

01:03and three other subjects or approved qualifications. Using the new 9 to 1 grading scale, the number

01:10grades learners got on each subject are then added together for a maximum score of 90. This also

01:16means that if you divide them by 10, you'll get a pupil's average grade. The Attainment 8 score

01:22each school has will be the average score of all pupils across the year group. Dividing it by 10 can also

01:29show you that school's average GCSE grade.

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