
The government have reformed how schools and colleges are measured in order to set higher expectations, and to make the system fairer, more ambitious, and more transparent.
These measures are:
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Progress
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Attainment
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English and Mathematics (for students who do not have a GCSE in these subjects at grade 4)
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Retention
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Destinations
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Please see the information below for further details on each measure and how successful Plume College are against each measure.
KS5 Accountability Measures
Destinations
Successful schools and colleges support and prepare their students for future education, training and employment.
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Plume Academy’s destination data for 2024 can be found: https://www.plume.essex.sch.uk/year-13-destinations​​
Progress and Attainment:
​This measure uses value added progress to show how well students have progressed when compared with students with the same prior attainment. The measure for attainment shows the average grade that students attain across the academy in their A level and BTEC level 3 studies.

English and Mathematics

This measure shows the progress of students in English and Mathematics where they did not achieve at least a grade 4 at GCSE by the end of Key Stage 4.
English and Mathematics results over time
These scores show how much progress students at this school or college made in English qualifications such as GCSE re-takes, between the end of Key Stage 4 and the end of the 16 to 18 phase of education. A positive score means that, on average, students got higher grades at 16 to 18 than at Key Stage 4. A negative score means that, on average, students got lower grades than at Key Stage 4. Students are included in these measures if they did not achieve a grade 4 or higher in their GCSE or equivalent by the end of Key Stage 4 in that subject.

Retention*
This measure shows the proportion of students who are retained to the end of their main course of study within their study programme at a provider.
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*2023 Data



Each year, the government publishes key stage five performance data, highlighting achievement at A Level and other Level 3 programmes. Recently, the tables for the Summer 2024 examination series were published and we are delighted to report that Plume Academy has registered the highest for sixth form progress (Value Added) rate of any school in Essex.
Full information can be found here: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/schools-by-type?step=default&table=schools®ion=881&geographic=la&for=16to18