Further Education: Standards

(asked on 6th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason further education colleges are included in the list for underperforming schools.


Answered by
Anne Milton Portrait
Anne Milton
This question was answered on 20th February 2018

The department publishes educational performance data for schools and colleges in England based on the performance of students at the end of key stage 4 (age 16) and for 16 to18 year olds, regardless of the institution they attend. Data can be found here: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/.

Further education colleges with 14 to 16 year old provision are included in the secondary performance data, as secondary accountability measures apply to these colleges. Just 17 of the 5,516 institutions with pupils completing key stage 4 in 2017 were further education colleges.

The secondary floor standard, which is the minimum standard for pupil attainment and/or progress that the government expects schools to meet, also applies to further education colleges with 14 to 16 year old provision, as they are state-funded mainstream education providers for this age group. Floor standards do not apply to special schools, independent schools, pupil referral units, alternative provision or hospital schools.

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