Dfe Floor Standards 2016

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Dfe floor standards 2016.

Floor standard the floor standard is the minimum standard for pupil attainment and or progress that the government expects schools to meet. Schools can use. If a school s performance falls below this floor standard then the school may come under scrutiny through inspection. The floor standard is the minimum standard for pupil attainment and progress that the government expects schools to meet and schools need to meet either the attainment element or all three of the progress elements.

Yesterday s performance statistics showed the number of schools below the floor standard increasing from 282 in 2016 9 3 per cent to 365 schools in 2017 12 per cent. The required scores are the same as they were in 2016 and 2017. No school will be confirmed as being below the floor until december 2016 when schools performance tables are published. Schools will be above the floor if pupils make sufficient progress across all of reading writing and mathematics or if more than 65 of them achieve the national standard in reading writing and mathematics.

31 march 2016 guidance key stage 2 performance measures. This guidance will help you understand the measures we use to assess primary school performance at key stage 2. In 2016 or 2015 for those schools that chose to opt in a year early aschool will be below the floor standard if its progress 8 score is below 0 5 and the upper band of the 95 confidence interval is below zero. However the dfe said the creation of the new 9 1 grading system for gcses in maths and english had required changes to the points system used to calculate a school s performance.

Further details of the floor standard based on progress 8 can be found in progress 8 measure in 2016 2017 and 2018. Also confirms that we will set thresholds for floor standards and coasting definition for 2017 in the autumn. In 2016 a primary or junior school will be above the floor standard if. The dfe document headline performance measures and floor minimum standards in primary secondary and 16 to 19 phases 2013 to 2016 states that for 2016.

In 2016 a school will be above the floor if. At least 65 of pupils meet the expected standard or better in reading writing and maths. In 2016 a school will be above the floor if. The school achieves sufficient progress scores in reading and writing and maths.

No school will be confirmed as being below the floor until december 2016 when schools performance tables are published. Key stage 2 similar schools guidance.