The DfE is to strengthen the prominence of ‘pupil destinations’ as a performance measure for university technical colleges (UTCs), studio schools and FE colleges providing education from age 14.

Following feedback from a number of stakeholders, the DfE has decided that for pre-16 institutions with more of a focus on technical education and an atypical age range, Progress 8 is not the most appropriate performance measure.

These institutions do not cover the full five years measured by Progress 8 and start educating pupils partway through the period covered by Progress 8.

Changes will be made to the performance tables from October this year.