Does Ofsted consider performance data?

[Ovenighttoast]

Just that really. Ofsted were / are at DC school (they arrived yesterday) and I was just wondering if they acknowledge the performance data on Gov.uk?

I only ask because Reading, Writing and Maths are bright red and "well below average"

And "Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths" is less than 10%

Many thanks 😊

Progress scores.

Schools have both attainment scores (percentage of children at age-related, percentage of children at greater depth / higher standard) and progress scores (average points progress a child has made compared with the national average of how a comparable child has progressed).

A score of 3 in a subject means a child has made 3 more points of progress in that subject than the average comparable child nationally. Each year, you'll get an average for your school in each subject area and can get the individual stats if you want. It's a bit like progress 8 for secondaries but broken down in finer detail because there are more steps on the scaled scores.

But that's the thing. Schools in those areas may be more likely to have higher attainment data (though not always) but it's actually harder for them to have high progress data because the starting points for the pupils are higher. There is a cap on where children can get to and so the kids who are the strongest academically can only contribute a couple of positive progress points even with perfect or near-perfect SATs scores.