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.

Dfe floor standards 2016.

31 march 2016 guidance key stage 2 performance measures. 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. 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.

Dfe 00253 2016 pdf 270kb 5 pages. At least 65 of pupils meet the expected standard or better in reading writing and maths. 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 dfe document headline performance measures and floor minimum standards in primary secondary and 16 to 19 phases 2013 to 2016 states that for 2016.

Technical guide for maintained secondary schools academies and free schools raiseonline has a list of the dfe approved qualifications which can be included in progress 8. Floor standard the floor standard is the minimum standard for pupil attainment and or progress that the government expects schools to meet. In 2016 a school will be above the floor if. Schools can use.

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. If a school s performance falls below this floor standard then the school may come under scrutiny through inspection. In 2016 a school will be above the floor if. Key stage 2 similar schools guidance.

No school will be confirmed as being below the floor until december 2016 when schools performance tables are published. 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. In 2016 a primary or junior school will be above the floor standard if. The school achieves sufficient progress scores in reading and writing and maths.

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. This guidance will help you understand the measures we use to assess primary school performance at key stage 2.