Schools: Contextual Value Added

House of Lords written question – answered at on 11 January 2011.

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Photo of Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs), Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools previously shown to be outstanding in terms of contextual value added will be judged as failing under the new measure of how much value schools add for all pupils.

Photo of Lord Hill of Oareford Lord Hill of Oareford The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education

The department has not yet developed a measure of how much value schools add for all pupils to replace the contextual value added measure. Following the publication, in spring 2011, of Professor Alison Wolf's recommendations on how vocational qualifications might be reported in performance tables, we will consider which indicators of progress might be developed to demonstrate the value that schools add for all pupils.

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