Key Stage Test Results 2008 - update week beginning August 4
Readers will be aware that provisional Key Stage 2 results at the national and local authority level were published on Tuesday 5 August. These results can be found here. The decision to publish was taken by the Department's Head of Profession for Statistics after consulting the National Statistician and the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual). In taking this decision, the Head of Profession for Statistics satisfied himself that the volume and quality of data available were sufficient to publish and that there was broad consistency of results with previous years.
For Key Stage 3 the Head of Profession for Statistics has sought further advice from the National Statistician and Ofqual. After considering that advice, he has decided that the publication of provisional Key Stage 3 results at the national level should go ahead as planned on August 12.
The Statistical First Release (SFR) on 12 August will be based on information available to the Department on 25th July, in order to allow time for the necessary quality assurance processes to take place. At that point, the volume of data for each of the Key Stage 3 subjects was at 84% for English, and 94% for Mathematics and Science. This was, in his view, more than sufficient to produce reliable provisional national results, from a statistical point of view. Advice from Ofqual is that, "from the processes that we have observed to date, there is no evidence of widespread problems with the quality of the marks at Key Stage 3 that would justify withholding publication of the provisional results at national level". As normal at this stage in the annual publication cycle, the national results will be provisional. More information about the provisional status of these statistics and other relevant information can be found in the Coming Soon section below.
The Head of Profession for Statistics has decided to delay publication of provisional KS3 results at the local authority level until there is sufficient volume of data for every local authority in all three subjects to enable publication of a complete set of provisional results on a consistent basis for all local authorities. Because of their smaller size, local authority figures require a higher proportion of results than the national figures require to enable the production of reliable provisional results.
The Head of Profession will be keeping open the option of publishing a further SFR in October giving Key Stage 3 national and local authority information. At this point he will review the volumes of data across local authorities along with any further advice from Ofqual and the National Statistician, to inform his decision.
Please click here for the previous announcement on removal of borderlining; and here for that on the decision to publish Key Stage 2 results.
Latest Information
- 4 September 2008
DCSF: Neighbourhood Statistics - Announcement of the release of small area National Curriculum Assessment, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England, 2007
Additional tables by gender based on the location of the usual pupil and student residence have been published on the Neighbourhood Statistics website. - 28 August 2008
DCSF: Neighbourhood Statistics - Announcement of the release of small area National Curriculum Assessment, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post 16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England, 2007
- 28 August 2008
DIUS: Qualifications at a local level for adults: England 2007 and reweighted estimates for earlier years
- 28 August 2008
DCSF: National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 1 in England, 2008 (Provisional) - 28 August 2008
DCSF: School Destinations of Secondary School Pupils Resident in London Boroughs, 2008 (Internet only)
Coming soon
- Available 11 September 2008
DCSF: A number of new indicators covering 2005-2007 Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 attainment will be published as additional local authority tables in existing Statistical First Releases. These indicators form part of the new National Indicator Set for local authorities and further indicators will be published as they become available. - Available 16 September 2008
DCSF: Referrals, Assessments and Children and Young People who are the subject of a Child Protection Plan, England - year ending 31 Mar 2008 - Available 16 September 2008
DCSF: Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending 31 March 2008 - Available 18 September 2008
DCSF: Foundation Stage Profile Results in England, 2007/08 - Available 25 September 2008
DCSF: School Workforce in England (including Local Authority level figures), January 2008 (Revised) - Available 25 September 2008
DIUS: Higher Education Statistics for the United Kingdom 2006/07
