Achievement

Student Progress 

Our teachers aim to give every student the opportunity to experience success in learning and to achieve the highest standards. 

All staff at Kingsmead are aware that students bring to school different experiences, interests and strengths, which will influence the way they learn. Teachers and Teaching Assistants plan their approaches to learning to ensure all students can engage in lessons fully and effectively. 

Student progress is continually assessed, monitored and reported to parents through progress reports and consultation meetings. 

To help us ensure that the highest standards are maintained year on year, we compare the academic performance of our students with those achieved both locally and nationally. 

New Accountability Measures:- 

Progress 8, Attainment 8, English Baccalaureate & Percentage achieving a good pass, (Grade 5 and above), in English and Maths. 

Currently all students, academies and schools are measured on how many GCSE’s they achieve at 9 to 1 including English and Mathematics. From 2016, schools and academies have been measured on how much progress students make from when they start in Year 7 to when they complete their exams at the end of Year 11. This is known as Progress 8. 

The Progress 8 measure is used to indicate student progress. The Progress 8 measure is designed to encourage all students to study a broad and balanced curriculum. This measure is based on students’ progress measured across eight subjects. For each student, the 8 subjects must be a combination from the diagram below. The Progress 8 score will always be determined by dividing the points total by 10 (the eight qualifications with English and Mathematics counting double), regardless of how many qualifications your child sits or in which subjects. 

Each student will also leave Kingsmead School with the following information; 

• Attainment 8 – showing the average achievement in the same suite of subjects as the Progress 8 measure.  
• English and Mathematics – If your child achieved a standard pass (grade 4 or better) in both English (either Language or Literature) and Mathematics. 
• The EBacc – If your child achieved good pass across a range of academic subjects 

Below is a mock example of what your child would leave Kingsmead School with at the end of Year 11: 

Qualifications that will count towards the Progress 8 measure 

All full-course GCSEs count towards the Progress 8 measure, along with any approved, high-value qualifications. 

Other approved qualifications 

Up to three vocational qualifications can count towards the Progress 8 measure. In the open group of subjects, any GCSE can count, or any of the high-value, approved vocational and academic qualifications can count. At Kingsmead School the majority of the qualifications we offer will count in the Progress and Attainment 8 measure. 

Double-weighting of English 

All students will study both English Language and English Literature. When results are in, the higher grade will count twice and the lower grade will form part of Progress 8 if it is one of their best 8 grades. 

Science subjects 

All students will study Science up to the age of 16. Combined science will count as two slots. Separate GCSEs in Biology, Chemistry and Physics each count as one slot. 

EBacc measure 

The EBacc recognises the success of students who attain GCSEs at grades A*- C in the following subjects: English, Mathematics, Geography or History, Science and Languages.