8 subjects used to calculate progress 8/attainment 8
Each grade is given a point score. This is added together and divided by 10 (see below) to give an Attainment 8 score, an average grade if you like. Colleges and Unis will be looking at this closely in the future.
Progress 8 compares the Attainment 8 score against where the student should be given their starting point at the beginning of Y7 (Y6 SATS).
Moving forward I’d go for getting –
Slots 1 and 2
English Lan and Lit (doing both ensure that highest grade double counts)
Maths (double counts)
Slots 3, 4 and 5
Three subjects in total from
Hist, Geog, Sciences inc Computer sciences.
Slots 6, 7 and 8
Plus three other subjects and the lower of the two English grades. This is where the Arts, sports and everything else sits.
A total of 8 subjects with 10 grades being counted (best English grade double counted if lan and lit sat and maths double counted regardless)
All the courses have been toughened up and will be harder still moving forward.