Schools Below The Floor Target

Number of schools below floor standard falls but the number of coasting schools has risen more than 500 primary schools are below the government s floor standard this year official figures show.

Schools below the floor target.

Next year a primary school will be below the floor if. The statistics from the department for education show that 364 mainstream primary schools 3 per cent were below the floor standard down from 511 last year. The government has revealed the key stage 2 attainment and progress scores schools will have to achieve to avoid falling below the floor. Fewer than 65 of its 11 year old pupils achieve level 4 or above in reading writing teacher assessment and maths.

All schools are expected to have 60 per cent of their year 6 students achieve the level expected for english and maths in their sats exams known as a floor target. David jones pa wire press association images. But the proportion of schools below the floor standard ranges from 1 per cent in london to 5 per cent in the south west and the midlands. The statistics from the department for education show that 511 mainstream primaries were below the floor standard in 2017 meaning that 4 per cent of primaries are below the.

The dfe figures show that 330 secondary schools in england are below the floor target compared with just 154 last year and 195 in 2012 photograph. I am pleased to see that primaries have responded to the challenge of a higher floor standard. Whether it is 1 or 1 capped there seems to be a naivety that only 160 more schools will go below the floor target. According to the dfe s analysis if primary schools were judged on this year s data against 2013 s target only 469 schools would have fallen below the threshold.

Schools meet the floor standard if at least 65 per cent of pupils reach the expected standard in reading writing and maths or the school achieves sufficient progress score in all three subjects. Given the new requirements of the curriculum particularly writing which is much more challenging and the shortage of time given to bring current year 6 s to the required standard i think that 160 more schools is an understatement. In 2016 665 mainstream primaries had been below the floor target. This means that to be below the floor standard a school must be below both the attainment and progress measures.

In 2018 a school will be above the floor if at least 65 per cent of pupils meet the expected standard in reading writing and maths at key stage 2 or if it achieves sufficient progress scores in all three subjects.