Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what 50 institutions or providers have the best post-16 catch-up rates in (a) English and (b) mathematics in England; and in which local authority area each of those institutions and providers are located.

The request has been interpreted as students who are included in the English and maths progress measure. This reports on students who did not achieve A*-C at GCSE or equivalent in English and maths by the end of key stage 4. These students are required to continue studying GCSE English and maths, or other equivalent qualifications from 16 to 18. The measure shows how much progress students have made by looking at the average change in grade.

The latest information available for the academic year 2015/16 is published in the data tables for ‘All schools and colleges in England’ on the 16-18 performance tables’[1]. The English and maths progress measure can be found in the ’16 to 18 performance’ section. The underlying data for both institution level and local council can be found in the ‘Download data for all of England or a local authority’[2].

[1] The 2015/16 performance tables and English and maths progress scores can be found here https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/schools-by-type?step=phase&geographic=all&region=0&phase=16to18&for=16to18&basedon=%20English%20and%20maths.

[2] The underlying data for 16-18 performance tables can be found here https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep=datatypes&regiontype=all&la=0&downloadYear=2015-2016&datatypes=ks5.