Nine schools were judged outstanding at the end of 2022/23 and eight (seven taking account of mergers) achieved a Progress 8 score of +0.5 or higher.
However, most of these schools still tend to have below average levels of attainment and above average levels of disadvantage.
So although many schools have improved asia rcs data beyond their position (at least as far as accountability measures) at the turn of century, a small number have proved to be more intractable.
Notes
[1] City was soon dropped
[2] It was also common practice in those days for schools that closed at the end of an academic year in Performance Tables. For example, the very first academy (The Business Academy, Bexley) replaced Thamesmead Community School in 2002/03 but its predecessor was not included in Performance Tables
[3] Strictly speaking, this is seven current schools as two of our original 142 merged
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About the Author: Dave Thomson
with over fifteen years’ experience working with educational attainment data to raise attainment in local government, higher education and the commercial sector. His current research interests include linking education and workplace datasets to improve estimates of adult attainment and study the impact of education on employment and benefits outcomes.