A two-year hiatus from Progress 8 should be used to \u201crethink performance tables\u201d, school leaders have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But some warned we could now see the creep back to GCSE pass grades being the \u201cking of accountability\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials had been exploring alternative progress options due to the lack of SATs data for the cohorts taking their GCSEs next year and in 2025-26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, on Thursday they concluded<\/a> there was \u201cno replacement\u201d. Remaining headline attainment measures, such as English baccalaureate entries, attainment 8 and grade 5 passes in English and maths, will be published<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A time-series of three years of data will also return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom Middlehurst, qualifications specialist at ASCL school leaders\u2019 union, said going without a progress measure was \u201cfar from ideal\u201d and \u201cmeans we are stuck with schools being judged in performance tables on exam attainment regardless of context\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSchools where progress is improving will feel particularly hard done by,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2018Improving schools hard done by\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n