Key stage 4 results
The most recent key stage 4 results, as published in the performance tables: Progress 8, Attainment 8, grade 5 or above in English and maths, and EBacc entry and achievement. Maintained schools with key stage 4 pupils must publish them and academies should.
Check this on my websiteWho it applies to
- Published on
- The school's own website
- School type
- Academies and maintained schools
- School stage
- Secondary, all-through and middle
- Only applies to
- Schools with key stage 4 pupils; special schools per guidance
- Does not apply to
- No school types are excluded
When is it due?
- How often
- Every year, when results are published
- Due by
- 1 January each year
Results for the year ending in August are published in the autumn; the register treats them as due from 1 January.
What's needed
Publish the key stage 4 headline measures, including Progress 8 and Attainment 8, on the results page for the most recent published year (guidance says schools should).
What it must contain
7 parts- Gives the Progress 8 scoreMust
- Gives the Attainment 8 scoreMust
- Gives the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in English and mathsMust
- Gives the share of pupils entered for the EBaccShould
- Gives the EBacc average point scoreShould
- Gives the share of pupils staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4Should
- Gives the share of pupils who achieved the EBaccMust
What the official sources say
Set out in 3 official sources:
What maintained schools must or should publish online
They should also publish: – the percentage of their pupils staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4 – the percentage of their pupils who were entered for the English Baccalaureate ( EBacc ) – their EBacc average point score (APS)
Should§ Test, exam and assessment results > Key stage 4
Secondary schools must publish their most recent key stage 4 performance measures, as published by the Secretary of State, comprising: – their Progress 8 score – the percentage of their pupils who achieved a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and GCSE maths – their Attainment 8 score
Must§ Test, exam and assessment results > Key stage 4
What academies, free schools and colleges must or should publish online
Academies with key stage 4 pupils should publish their most recent key stage 4 performance measures, as published by the Secretary of State, comprising: – their Progress 8 score – the percentage of their pupils achieving a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and GCSE maths – their Attainment 8 score – the percentage of their pupils staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4 – the percentage of their pupils who were entered for the English Baccalaureate ( EBacc ) – their EBacc average point score (APS)
Should§ Test, exam and assessment results > Key stage 4
School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
5 The school’s most recent key stage 4 results as published by the Secretary of State in the School Performance Tables, to include the following information— a progress 8 score; b attainment 8 score; c percentage of pupils achieving a good pass in English and mathematics; and d percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate.
Must§ SI 2016/451 regulation 2(2), substituting Schedule 4 paragraph 5 of the 2008 Regulations
Questions schools ask
Does every school have to publish the key stage 4 results?
Maintained schools must publish it. Academies should publish it. It only applies to schools with key stage 4 pupils; special schools per guidance.
When does the key stage 4 results need to be published?
How often: Every year, when results are published. Due by: 1 January each year. Results for the year ending in August are published in the autumn; the register treats them as due from 1 January.
What must the key stage 4 results include?
Gives the Progress 8 score; Gives the Attainment 8 score; Gives the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in English and maths; Gives the share of pupils entered for the EBacc; Gives the EBacc average point score; Gives the share of pupils staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4; and 1 more part listed above.
Where does the requirement for the key stage 4 results come from?
It is set out in What maintained schools must or should publish online, What academies, free schools and colleges must or should publish online and School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.
Changes to the official sources
Dated change notes published by the Department for Education on the sources above.
24 October 2024 · What academies, free schools and colleges must or should publish online
We have updated the ‘test, exam and assessment results’ section. Some of the information which academies and FE colleges should publish has changed in that section. We have added a section on the information that FE colleges in intervention must publish. We have updated information for academies in the ‘behaviour policy’ section. We have also made changes to the ‘pupil premium’, ‘PE and sport premium’, ‘complaints policy’ and ‘governance information’ sections.
24 October 2024 · What maintained schools must or should publish online
We have updated the ‘test, exam and assessment results’ section. Some of the information which schools must publish has changed in that section. We have added detail on what schools should publish about governors in the ‘governance information’ section. We have also made changes to the ‘pupil premium’, ‘PE and sport premium’ and ‘complaints policy’ sections.
15 May 2024 · What academies, free schools and colleges must or should publish online
Reformatted the guidance to improve usability. Added a new section on 'Pay gap reporting', updated the 'Test, exam and assessment results' and included information about publishing a music development plan in the 'Curriculum' section.
15 May 2024 · What maintained schools must or should publish online
Reformatted the guidance to improve usability. Added a new section on 'Pay gap reporting', updated the 'Test, exam and assessment results' and included information about publishing a music development plan in the 'Curriculum' section.
15 December 2022 · What academies, free schools and colleges must or should publish online
We have updated example wording which schools can use to show that the most recent key stage 2 performance measures are for the 2018 to 2019 academic year.
15 December 2022 · What maintained schools must or should publish online
We have updated example wording which schools can use to show that the most recent key stage 2 performance measures are for the 2018 to 2019 academic year.
2 earlier changes are listed on the source pages.
We last checked these sources on 21 September 2026.
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Official sources last checked 21 September 2026 · register version 1.0.4