MP, Labour’s Shadow
Education Secretary, commenting on the school
performance tables released today, said:
"Many schools are performing well and should be congratulated on
their successes. We should not forget that schools have managed
this despite the Government constantly moving the goal
posts.
“However we cannot ignore that almost 300 schools are failing and
the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers
is widening.
“Tory plans to open more grammar schools will drive this gap even
further apart, and their reckless handling of our existing
schools system has led to teacher shortages, massive cuts to
school budgets and class sizes which are too
big .
"The Tories have no plan on how they will deliver an excellent
education for all our children. They are failing an entire
generation on which our country’s future depends.”
Ends
Notes to editors:
- 282 schools are below the government’s new secondary school
performance measure floor target of -0.5%, and 319 schools are
classed as ‘coasting’.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/584473/SFR03_2017.pdf
- Using the previous measure of 5 A*-C GCSEs, we can see that
the attainment gap is widening:
|
|
% achieving 5+ A*-C GCSEs inc. English and
maths
|
|
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
|
FSM
|
35.1
|
36.8
|
38.7
|
36.3
|
35.7
|
39.1
|
|
All other pupils
|
62.5
|
63.0
|
65.3
|
62.7
|
63.0
|
66.7
|
|
Attainment Gap
|
27.4
|
26.2
|
26.6
|
26.4
|
27.3
|
27.6
|
Source: Revised GCSE and equivalent results in
England: 2015 to 2016, 19th January
2017, https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2015-to-2016
