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<p>The Department does not issue guidance on setting attainment targets for pupils.
It is for teachers to use their professional judgement to set pupil targets.</p><p>The
Department sets floor standards against which schools will be measured in performance
tables. From 2016 we are replacing the existing secondary school floor standard, based
on the percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more A*- C grades including English and
maths, with Progress 8. This is a measure based on the progress a pupil makes from
KS2 (age 11) to a group of 8 subjects at the end of KS4 (age 16) compared to pupils
with the same starting point.</p><p>Progress 8 is a fairer way of measuring school
performance as schools will no longer be disadvantaged by having a challenging intake.</p>
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