Department for Education · 5 July 2024 – present
Average Attainment 8 score during the Labour 2024– government
↓ 0.4%−0.2 points
Average Attainment 8 score fell by 0.4% over the period, from 46.3 points (2022/23 academic year, the level when the government took office) to 46.1 (2024/25 academic year, the latest available).
- Inherited level 2022/23 academic year: 46.3
- Latest 2024/25 academic year: 46.1
- method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
Definition and caveats
The average Attainment 8 score of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in state-funded schools in England: their best eight GCSE results, weighted towards English and maths, scored 0 to 90.
Doesn’t measure: Results in independent schools, or comparisons across years in which grading standards were changed, including the 2020 and 2021 teacher-assessed grades.