Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of effectiveness for parents of data published by schools on the number of children achieving five A to C grades in assessing performance.

The School Information (England) Regulations 2008 requires maintained secondary schools to publish their most recent Key Stage 4 results on their websites. This is because it is important that parents can easily find information on the educational attainment of pupils at the school.

Currently they must publish:

• The percentage achieving 5 + A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and maths GCSEs;
• The percentage achieving the English Baccalaureate; and
• The percentage of pupils making expected progress in English and in maths.

From 2016 they will be required to publish:

• Progress 8: Progress across 8 qualifications from the end of Key Stage 2 to the end of Key Stage 4 compared to pupils with the same Key Stage 2 starting point;
• Attainment 8: The average attainment across the same 8 qualifications as Progress 8;
• The percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate; and
• The percentage of pupils achieving A*-C in maths and English.

These new measures will give a fairer and more rounded picture of performance.

Funding agreements for academies may be seen online at: www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/