Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions ministers and officials have had, if any, with Rugby School about withdrawing from the key stage five performance table rankings.

The list of independent schools which are included in the 16-18 performance tables for 2010 and 2017 are attached in Annex A. This list was generated from the published school performance tables data which can be found at: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data.

Ministers and officials have had no discussions with Rugby School about reports of their wish to withdraw from the 16-18 performance tables.

There is no process by which independent or state-funded schools can ask to withdraw from performance tables. Performance tables are an important way of providing information to parents and the wider public about school and college performance.