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Managing the expansion of the Academies Programme Part Three 39<br />

Figure 13<br />

Academic performance of academies, 2011/12<br />

Sponsored academies have been created from weaker or failing schools, and hence have lower exam results<br />

than the national average<br />

Academy<br />

phase<br />

Qualification<br />

level<br />

Benchmark<br />

Primary Key Stage 2 Percentage of pupils at level four<br />

or above in English and maths<br />

Percentage of pupils making<br />

expected progress in English<br />

Percentage of pupils making<br />

expected progress in maths<br />

Sponsored<br />

academies<br />

Converter<br />

academies<br />

National<br />

average for all<br />

state-funded<br />

schools 1<br />

71 85 80<br />

84 90 90<br />

84 90 88<br />

Secondary Key Stage 4 Percentage of pupils achieving five or<br />

more A*–C grade GCSEs or equivalent<br />

(including English and maths)<br />

Percentage of pupils achieving<br />

English Baccalaureate<br />

49 68 59<br />

6 26 16<br />

Key Stage 5<br />

Percentage of students achieving<br />

two or more passes of A-level<br />

equivalent size<br />

Percentage of students achieving<br />

AAB or more passes at A-level<br />

94 98 98<br />

3 11 8<br />

NOTES<br />

1 National average includes local authority maintained schools, academies, free schools and city technology colleges for Key Stage 2 and 4. Key Stage<br />

5 also includes maintained special schools and pupil referral units.<br />

2 Key Stage 2 results cover 31 sponsored academies, 254 converters and 14,750 maintained schools.<br />

3 Key Stage 4 results cover 130,952 pupils attending converters and 48,334 attending sponsored academies.<br />

4 Key Stage 5 results cover 59,515 students attending converters and 11,478 attending sponsored academies.<br />

Source: Department for Education Statistical First Releases

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