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The EBacc and Progress 8 are two secondary performance measures that are designed by the government to encourage schools to offer a broad and balanced curriculum, with a focus on an academic core at Key Stage 4.
The EBacc (English Baccalaureate) is not actually a qualification, in itself; it is the achievement of a set of subjects at GCSE that keeps young people’s options open for further study and future careers. The English Baccalaureate comprises achievement in English, Mathematics, two Sciences, a Modern or Ancient Foreign Language, and a Humanities subject (History or Geography).
Whilst the EBacc may not suit all students throughout the country, Riddlesdown has an able intake and this route is suitable for the majority of Riddlesdown students. The Collegiate believes that this is appropriate for its students as it will help to give them a broad education and keep their future opportunities as wide as possible. As Riddlesdown has always followed a traditional curriculum, this has not resulted in significant changes for the Collegiate.
Progress 8 is a measure that describes the amount of progress made from each student’s starting points across a range of specified subjects. This is the main accountability measure for schools at Key Stage 4. It can be summarised in the diagram below:
Essentially, this means that all students must follow a curriculum which enables them to place qualifications in each of the Progress 8 “buckets”: English, Mathematics, any three other EBacc subjects and any three other “open group” subjects (these may be GCSEs or vocational qualifications). In order to make sure this is the case for all students, we ask all students to select at least two subjects from the EBacc subjects we offer at level 2, listed below:
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