standards in london schools. impressive improvement at gcse… but a hill to climb on english and...

STANDARDS IN LONDON SCHOOLS

Impressive improvement at GCSE… but a hill to climb on English and Maths

Percentage of pupils gaining 5 A*-C 1997-2006*(*provisional unamended data)

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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006*

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cent

age

Inner London Outer London Greater London ENGLAND Inner London - E&M

Outer London - E&M Greater London - E&M ENGLAND - E&M

Improvement across the range of London schools…

Numbers of London Secondary schools by percentage 5+A*-C

band 2001

103

159

83

59

Number of London secondary schools by percentage 5A*-C band

2006*(*provisional unamended data)

18

174

92

124

<30% >=30% & <55% >=55% & <70% >=70%

KS3 also good…Percentage of pupils achieving L5 at KS3 - London v National 1997 - 2006*

(*provisional unamended data)

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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006*

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LONDON - English NATIONAL - English LONDON - Maths NATIONAL - Maths LONDON - Science NATIONAL - Science

Improvement in London Schools

There is much to celebrate about the improvements in London schoolsIn secondary schools the depressing picture of 5 years ago has been turned around. Standards are rising faster than in schools nationally at Key Stage 3 and 4. A smaller proportion of London schools are in the lowest 25% of all schools and few require special measures or notice to improve.

This chart shows the remarkable improvement in London schools whose performance was below the floor target of 30% 5A*-C in 2003 compared to other schools nationally in the same position. Inner London schools have done particularly well.

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90

76

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97

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13

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23

33

28

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15

3

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

non-London Challenge Keyto Success Schools

London Challenge Key toSuccess Schools

All schools

County schools

Unitary schools

Metropolitan schools

Outer London schools

Inner London schools

improved no changed declined

Ofsted rates London schools highly…

Inspection evidence confirms this trend of improvement in secondary schools. The proportion of schools graded as good or better is significantly higher than nationally. Leadership, management and the quality of teaching have improved significantly.These charts show the percentages of inspection judgements that are good or better, over time. Since September 2005 the ‘bar’ has been raised, explaining the decline in the number of schools achieving the ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ grades.

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A higher proportion of London schools achieved ‘good or better’ grades for overall effectiveness in 2005/6.

Judgements on the quality of teaching, leadership and management reflect the same picture.

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68

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67

71

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0 20 40 60 80 100

Section 10 data from inspections in 2003/05



London

All schools

London

All schools

London

All schools 79

74

51

70

71

57

0 20 40 60 80 100

All schools London

London

All schools

London

All schools

London

All schools




81

75

58

85

80

73

0 20 40 60 80 100




London

All schools

London

All schools

London

All schools

Percentage of secondary schools judged good or better for overall effectiveness

Percentage of secondary schools judged good or better for quality of teaching

Percentage of secondary schools judged good or better for leadership and management

…their inspections recognise significant improvement

Hidden underperformance…2005 % 5+A*-C against Contextual Value Added

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980

1000

1020

1040

1060

1080

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schools with below 1000 CVA other London schools

Segmentation of London secondary schools according to their 2005 KS2-KS4 CVA and change in rank from 2003 to 2005

Declining Static Rising

Top Quartile 20 46 75

Middle Quartiles 76 23 89

Bottom Quartile 39 19 11

…and much in-school variation

Variation between core subjects within each family of London schools

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37

30

3538

33

44

3538

62

42

3133

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3532 31

40

30

41

35

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Mob

ility

Family

Attainment gaps remain the burning issue…

Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5+A*-C by ethnicity: Pupils whose average level at Key Stage 3 was level 5 or above

50%55%60%65%70%75%80%85%90%95%

100%

London Average

…and a bigger issue in some parts of London

Gap in attainment: difference between non FSM pupils and FSM pupils

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Gaps are narrowing, but slowly…Percentage point change in the proportion of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C GCSEs of those entered in maintained schools nationally and in London from 2003 to 2005: FSM, Gender and

Ethnicity

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1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

7%

8%

9%

10%

England London

Source:SFR 04/2004 and 2005 f inal KS4 NPD.

Whatever the issue, some London schools have cracked it…

London primary schools not yet ahead…

Percentage of pupils gaining L4 at KS2 - London v National 1997-2006*(*provisional unamended data)

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10

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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2001 2005 2006

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London - English National - English London - Maths

National - Maths London - Science National - Science

Improvement in London Schools

The main focus of London Challenge has been on secondary schools. Nevertheless primary schools have benefited from the some of the interventions particularly in relation to ensuring a suitable workforce is available. Recent improvements a beginning to show in inspection evidence but not enough has been done in primary schools to ensure that improvements are sustained and that the gap between the best and the worst performing schools is narrowed.

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66

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66

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64

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All schools London

London

All schools

London

All schools

London

All schools




76

73

60

71

70

64

0 20 40 60 80 100

All schools London

London

All schools

London

All schools

London

All schools




76

71

62

75

70

69

0 20 40 60 80 100

All schools London

London

All schools

London

All schools

London

All schools




Percentage of primary schools judged good or better for overall

effectiveness

Percentage of primary schools judged good or better for quality

of teaching

Percentage of primary schools judged good or better for leadership and

management

Ofsted’s recent inspections show London primary schools in a good light, but can it be sustained?

Attainment gaps at primary are too big…

Percentage of pupils averaging level 4 or above at KS2 (2005) in London who also averaged level 2 or above at KS1

80%

82%

84%

86%

88%

90%

92%

94%

96%

98%

100%

Chinese Irish Indian Any otherwhite

background

White &Black

African

Any otherethnicgroup

White &Black

Caribbean

Any otherblack

background

London Average

…and are closing too slowly

Percentage point change in the percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in English KS2 tests of those entered in maintained schools nationally

and in London from 2003 to 2005: FSM, Gender and Ethnicity

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1

2

3

4

5

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7

8

England London

Source:SFR 04/2004 and 2005 amended KS2 NPD.

Underperformance in primary schools

2005 KS2 APS against Contextual Value Added

96

97

98

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100

101

102

103

104

105

21 23 25 27 29 31 33

schools with below 100 CVA other London schools

Families of schools a new tool for primary schools

One headteacher told Ofsted:“The data we receive in the families of schools book is

particularly useful. We can see the schools we are being

compared with and talk to them about what they do that is more

effective than our own practice.” Ofsted report that this

is a commonly held view.

Teacher supply has improved, but it’s still tough

Percentage of teachers in post 1997-2006

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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

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London Rest of England

Striking variations across boroughs…

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The next priorities on standards

• Continuity and progression of individual children

• Closing attainment gaps – especially early on

• Variability of Departments and classes

• Capacity building for a sustained culture of learning

• Keeping the best teachers and using them across the system

• Collaboration with a purpose – especially 14-19

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