Mathematics: Education

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Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of children's progress in specialist maths schools.


Answered by
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 24th January 2018

Currently, there are two maths schools open, Exeter Mathematics School (EMS) and King’s College London Mathematics School (KCMS), both of which opened in 2014. Early performance data shows that the schools have made a strong start. Ofsted judged both to be outstanding in 2017 and their overall A level progress scores were well above average in 2016.

The relevant data for EMS can be found in: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/140971 and for KCMS in https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/140564. Data for 2017 will be publically available on 25 January but both schools report similarly impressive outcomes for the 2016/17 academic year.

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